Building record 0016901000 - PENN HOUSE

Summary

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

Protected Status/Designation

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).

Sources (4)

<1>SBC15621 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 PP 236-237.
<2>SBC10416 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 SIX INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
<3>SBC8042 Bibliographic reference: LYSONS D AND S 1813 MAGNA BRITANNIA 1 PT 3 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.

Location

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