The Penn

The Penn is a house dated 1912, designed by Percy Worthington for Walter Milne of Kendal Milne stores. It is built of roughcast brick and features hipped Cotswold slate bell-cast roofs along with three brick chimneys, showcasing a Neo-Georgian style. The building has an L-shaped plan and a symmetrical two-storey west front with seven bays. The west front includes flush 12-pane sash windows set in simple moulded architraves. The central entrance features a semi-circular headed doorcase with a fanlight that has radial glazing bars, above a half-glazed door flanked by half pillars. Above the doorcase is a plaster plaque displaying the date and the patron's initials. The design includes three hipped gabled dormers and a flagged terrace at the front, which is bordered by stone terrace walls and has a central flight of steps.

On the west end of the north range, there is a projecting weatherboarded summerhouse on a stone plinth. The south gable features two two-storey bowed bay windows, while the east front has nine-pane windows and a pair of doors set in an eared architrave beneath a flat hood supported by carved wooden brackets. The south front of the north range includes a pair of semi-circular headed arches on a stone Tuscan pillar.

Inside, the hall is open to two storeys and features a simple oak balustrade along the upstairs landing. There is a grey sandstone fireplace with an acanthus border and an 18th-century cast-iron grate. The hall leads to a long garden room that can be divided into living and dining rooms by sliding oak screens, leaving a central passage. One end of the room has oak panelled alcoves with fitted furniture flanking a good cast-iron grate with an oak overmantel. The ceilings are adorned with a modillion cornice, and there is an oak well staircase with carved brackets on an open string. Throughout the house, there are three-panelled oak doors. The Penn is a notable example of its period, reflecting a faint Scottish influence under the Arts and Crafts movement.