The full-sized portrait statue, commemorating the life and work of Douglas-Home, shows him at approximately sixty years of age, at the time he was Prime Minister (1963–1964). It was created from photographs provided by his family. The figure is erected in the centre of a shaped paved area, and surrounded by various sculpted stones, giving material reality to some aspects of his varied life. It includes a text wall outlining his title and achievements; a relief with one of the Home heraldic devices, a salamander in a ring of fire; and a stone reminiscent of a chess piece with the Douglas Home mottoes 'Jamais arriere' and 'True to the End'. There is also a ‘map’ stone in the form of a scroll referring to his statesmanship and the role he played in international affairs on behalf of the British Government as Foreign Minister, and a stone urn carved with strawberry leaves denoting the rank of Earl.