Penleigh House

Penleigh House is a country house built in the late 17th century and extended in 1710 for George Turner. It is constructed of rendered rubble stone with a tiled roof featuring gable end rendered stacks. The main range is T-shaped with a rear wing and has a two-storey, seven-window east front from 1710. The front features a square stone classical porch from the 19th century with double half-glazed doors, a broken pediment, and a parapet. There are three 12-pane sash windows in moulded stone architraves on either side of the porch. The first floor has seven 12-pane sashes in moulded architraves, with a cornice above a plain blocking course adorned with urns. The roof includes two hipped attic dormers with 2-light casements and a louvred vent at the apex.

To the left of the main range, there is an earlier section featuring three moulded cross windows on the ground floor, a plat band, and three 12-pane sashes on the first floor, along with one hipped attic dormer. The left return, made of rubble stone, has a small 8-pane sash on the first floor and a single recessed chamfered attic light. The right return of the main range includes an external stack with a datestone inscribed with "GT / 1710," indicating George Turner's initials. The rear of the main range has a two-storey wing that contains the stairs, a door with six fielded panels and a segmental head, a beaded Venetian stair window, a leaded cross window to the right, and a 4-pane sash to the left, all under a hipped roof. To the right is an 18th-century gabled wing and a two-storey lean-to extension with a 16-pane sash window.

The interior was not accessible during the survey in July 1986, but it is reported to have a fine early 18th-century staircase with turned balusters, original joinery, and fireplaces. George Turner acquired the property in 1704 from Lord Stourton.