Penns In The Rocks

Penns-in-the-Rocks is a Grade II* listed house located in Withyham, Groombridge. The core of the house was built around 1700 by William Penn of Pennsylvania and his wife Guilelma Springett, as part of her estate. The main front, facing south, was constructed by William Penn IV around 1737. The building has two storeys and an attic, featuring seven windows and four dormers. It is made of red brick with a tiled roof. The windows are framed with architrave surrounds and keystones, and they retain their glazing bars. The central section, which has five window bays, projects slightly, while the flanking sections, originally one storey, were raised in 1830. Each section has long and short stone quoins. The entrance features a rusticated stone doorway with a keystone and a door made of six fielded panels. The north front, which serves as the entrance, dates back to 1700, while the projecting wings that create a half-H shape were added by Stephen Beeching in 1830.