Penylan House

Penylan House is a Georgian-style house, likely dating back to around 1700, with later alterations, incorporating a main range, a cross wing, and a service wing. The main range is a two-and-a-half-storey, four-window structure, adjoined by a cross wing on the right side and a lower, two-window service wing aligned with the main range and situated behind the cross wing. Penylan Farm is set at right angles to the service wing. The exterior is pebble-dashed, with slate roofs punctuated by 19th-century brick stacks. The main range and wing have hipped roofs with projecting, boarded eaves, the main range exhibiting a swept profile. The main range's asymmetrical design features an original doorway situated right of centre, now fitted with a later fielded panel door, and a 20th-century portico supported by plain round columns. Windows are predominantly 19th-century with stone sills, set within their original openings. To the left of the doorway are two wooden casements with two lights each, and a similar four-light window is situated to the right. The upper storey features 12-pane horned sash windows. The shadow of a former lean-to veranda, below sill level, is visible in the upper storey, alongside two gabled dormers with two-light casements. On the left side of the main range, the four windows are unevenly spaced, incorporating sash windows in the upper storey, two 2-light casements lower on the left, and a conservatory replacing an earlier conservatory of the same design on the right. Two gabled dormers mirror those on the front.

The cross wing features two 12-pane sash windows on each storey on its left-hand side, alongside a single similar window in the upper right where the wing was later extended. The end wall also boasts a single upper-storey sash window. The rear elevation displays replaced windows and a door on the lower storey, along with a 12-pane sash window in the upper right. The service wing’s doorway is on the left side and is currently concealed by a lean-to addition set at the angle between the service and cross wings. Windows on this wing are 12-pane horned sashes, set under segmental heads in the lower storey and under the eaves in the upper storey.

The main range retains its original layout of a great hall and parlour, with a rear staircase, dating plausibly to around 1700. The hall preserves some wood panelling, likely from the 18th century, and a wood panelled, classical-style niche in the gable end. Inside, the wide, open-well staircase has turned balusters and newels.