Pennybrooks

House. Dating possibly from the 14th century, this building began as a 3-bay open hall house, with significant additions in the late 16th century and a refronting in the early 19th century. A 20th-century extension has also been added. The house is timber framed and sits on a brick and sandstone plinth, with the exterior largely covered in early 19th-century tiles. It has a very steeply pitched hipped tiled roof with gablets, a late 16th-century brick chimneystack with panelled decoration to the right of centre, and a 19th-century stack to the left. The facade has four windows. The first floor contains one early 19th-century iron casement window, while the other windows are 20th-century casements with leaded lights. A 20th-century brick and tiled gabled porch is present at the front.

The interior features a roll moulded dais beam to the original open hall, with a chamfered close-studded partition beneath. A 16th-century four-centred arched door opening with blank spandrels and a plank door on pintle hinges, originally leading to the solar, is on the right end of the house. The inserted late 16th-century ceiling has 1½-inch chamfers and lambs tongue steps, and similar floor joists. A large inglenook fireplace with a wooden bressumer and run-out stops is present, although the bread oven is no longer extant. The service end bay also has an open fireplace, a spice cupboard, and joists with run-out stops. One beam is dated 1889, indicating refurbishment work. A winder staircase leads to the first floor, which has large jowled posts and curved wind braces. The roof is a sans purlin design, with two crown posts of square section, each with a head brace and a central beam between collar beams. Evidence of smoke blackening can be seen on a plaster partition. The presence of a large pond in the garden suggests the property might have once been associated with iron production, potentially serving as a hammer pond.