Penn House With Retaining Wall And Stone Stairs To North-East Of House

This is a town house dating from the middle of the 19th century, built within substantial grounds. The house is rendered with stone dressings and has a hipped slate roof, featuring wide soffites supported by pairs of wood corbel brackets and rendered brick chimney stacks. The west-facing entrance façade has three bays, with the central bay projecting. A segmental sweep of five steps, with a middle 20th century wrought iron railing, leads to a pair of doors with glazed upper panels, set within a deep, hollow-chamfered semi-circular arched recess. The arch has impost mouldings, and there is a cast iron radial fanlight above the door. A blank arched recess is to the left, and to the right is a single-story angled stone bay window with plain sashes. Above the entrance, on the first floor, are three nine-pane sash windows, the central window within an architrave. A parapet tops the central projection, and above it are two timber dormer windows with slightly pitched roofs.

The south garden elevation has four bays, with the ground floor obscured by a substantial stone colonnaded conservatory with a flat roof. The conservatory’s openings feature semi-circular headed arches with partial glazing. Above, on the first floor, are two floor-length semi-circular headed twelve-pane margined sashes (one blind) on either side, and two nine-pane sash windows with original sliding Venetian shutters. An off-centre dormer window has two small sash windows and a segmental roof. The east side of the house has a straightforward five-bay façade, including a basement window. The north side features a middle 20th century extension of little architectural interest.

To the north-east of the building is a flight of stone steps with a moulded stone balustrade, piers, and a return wing wall, and these are included in the listing for their architectural interest. The house is believed to have been built by Peter Daniell, a glove manufacturer and town developer. The interior was not inspected.