Building record 0016901000 - PENN HOUSE

Summary

Seventeenth and eighteenth century manor house called Penn House, with later extensions and alterations

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Listed Building (II) 1332490: PENN HOUSE

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Type and Period (1)

MANOR HOUSE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Grade II. C17 and C18 with modern additions. C17 part of red brick, now largely obscured by additions, but north gable recently restored by removal of modern north wing. Six windows length, only 3 windows original (cross-casements). Two storeys. Part of garden front, with 7 double-hung sashes in reveals, is C18. Parapet. Tiled roofs. Modern work mostly Edwardian modified Jacobean. Visited by William IV and Edward VII (B4).
Location (B2).
Large part demolished 1760 & refitted by Lord Curzon (B1,B3).
During World War II the house was rented out to an evacuated prep school from Dorset from November 1940 (B7).

Sources (5)

<1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp236-237.
<2>SBC10416 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 SIX INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
<3>SBC8026 Bibliographic reference: Daniel & Samuel Lysons. 1813. Magna Britannia: Being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain (Volume 1 Part 3 Buckinghamshire). p618.
<4>SBC20013 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1982. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Buckinghamshire: Chiltern District: Parishes of Chalfont St Giles &C. p70.
<7>SBC26878 Bibliographic reference: Caroline Shenton. 2021. National Treasures: Saving the Nation's Art in World War II. pp169-169.

Location

Grid reference	SU 92417 94950 (point)
Civil Parish	PENN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 14 2024 9:53PM