Laundry Buildings at Pennant

The Laundry Buildings at Pennant are a complex of brick structures with slate roofs and brick end wall stacks, dating back to the 18th century, with later additions in the early 19th century. The main house is three storeys high and comprises a shallow front range with three rear wings. The front of the house, facing southeast, has five bays, with a slightly projecting central bay featuring a glazed entrance door and a finely gauged brick arch with a moulded entablature hood. Windows are 12-pane sashes (6-pane to the attic storey) with finely gauged brick heads and stressed keys. The storeys are separated by unmoulded projecting string courses, and the lower storey is emphasized by brick quoins to the outer angles and the central bay. Plain pilasters are present on the upper storey. The southwest rear wing is largely from the mid-18th century, although the upper storey is a later addition, with paired 12-pane sash windows on the lower floors and 6-pane sashes in the attic. A plain string course runs between the ground and first floors. A later rear bay appears to incorporate stonework in the lower part of its rear wall, possibly from an earlier structure. The northeast wing features a cast-iron mullioned and transomed window in its rear gable, along with sash windows above.

Brick walls link the house with the stable and laundry pavilion blocks, likely added during an early 19th-century remodelling. The laundry building, to the northeast, has cast-iron mullioned and transomed windows on each floor in its gable, and a similar window and doorway facing the house. The stable, to the southwest, has paired segmentally arched doorways facing the house and high-set windows in its gable. The stable retains its original stall dividers.

The interior is planned around a central entrance and stair hall, with main rooms located in the front range and the southwest wing. Most of the interior detail dates from the early 19th century, including panelled doors, rebates, window shutters, simple plaster cornices with some egg and dart and beading, marble fireplace surrounds, and decorative cast iron grates. One upper room contains mid-18th century ceiling plasterwork depicting a moulded central octagon with a relief of a branch, a fish, a bird, and a sun. The staircase, located to the rear of the entrance hall, is also from the mid-18th century, featuring alternately twisted and fluted balusters (two per tread), moulded tread ends, a swept rail, and dado panelling.