The original castle was built in the 14th or 15th century, since the article's infobox and text disagree. Tytus Działyński commissioned the neo-Gothic remodeling of 1855, which was partly guided by plans from Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The article does not say how much of the final design followed them. The east side has a Gothic Revival tower with a red brick facade. The south side is dominated by a chaitya arch, possibly modeled on the Royal Pavilion in Brighton.
The Moor Room is the most notable interior, inspired by the Court of the Lions in the Alhambra. Count Władysław Zamoyski bequeathed the castle, its art collection and the arboretum to the Polish state shortly before his death in 1924.
It houses a museum and the Kórnik Library, and it is a Historic Monument of Poland.
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