Pennard House

Pennard House is a country house set in an emparked landscape, dated 1815 according to a rainwater head, although the site may have been occupied earlier, possibly in the 17th century, with some fragments from the 18th century still present. The house features incised render, a freestone cornice, hipped and gabled slate roofs, and 20th-century stacks. It has a shallow U-shaped frontage with canted wings in a Classical style, rising three storeys with a layout of 1:4:1 bays. The windows include glazing bar sash windows and tripartite sash windows with Gothick glazing in the heads of the outer bays.

On the ground floor, there is a stone colonnade between the wings, supported by four pairs of Doric columns and responds, topped with a simplified entablature. The second bay features paired half-glazed doors with a transom light above. The west elevation has a re-set stone pedimented 18th-century Doric doorcase and two tripartite sash windows with Gothick plating in the heads. The south front boasts an elaborate late 19th-century conservatory, with a three-storey section on the left and a canted two-storey bay on the right, featuring a stone cornice and blocking course. The windows here are predominantly sash, mostly with glazing bars, along with some late 19th-century French windows on the ground floor that have fretwork blind boxes. The east front includes a central canted bay that matches the overall style.

Inside, the house retains early 19th-century features alongside some 18th-century work and Victorian alterations. The ground floor contains principal reception rooms with ornamental plaster cornices, chimneypieces, and window shutters, while a room in the northeast has fitted ornamental cupboards with doors featuring glazing bars. The hall showcases a broad panelled archway and a Victorian tile floor. The staircase is adorned with simple stick balusters, a moulded handrail, and turned newels, with adjacent dado panelling. The former kitchen has a good lias flagstone floor. Throughout the building, there are further interesting doors, shutters, plasterwork, and chimneypieces, including a billiard room on the first floor with plaster vaulting. The cellars feature vaulting and wine bins.