Pennard House
PENNARD HOUSE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1345179
- Date first listed:
- 25-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Pennard House
- Statutory Address:
- PENNARD HOUSE
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1345179
- Date first listed:
- 25-Feb-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Pennard House
- Statutory Address 1:
- PENNARD HOUSE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- PENNARD HOUSE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- East Pennard
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 59695 37600
Details
EAST PENNARD CP ST5937 EAST PENNARD VILLAGE 15/162 Pennard House - GV II
Country house in an emparked landscape. Dated on a rainwater head 1815, though site occupied earlier, possibly C17; some C18 fragments remain. Incised render, freestone cornice, hipped and gabled slate roofs, C20 stacks. Shallow U-shaped frontage with canted wings, Classical, Three storeys, l:4:1 bays, glazing bar sash windows, tripartite sash windows with Gothick glazing to heads in outer bays. Stone colonnade to ground floor between the wings, 4 pairs of Doric columns and responds, entablature in simplified style; paired half-glazed doors under with transomlight in second bay. West elevation with a re-set stone pedinented C18 Doric doorcase, and 2 tripartite sash windows with Gothick plating to heads. South front with an elaborate late C19 conservatory; 3-storeyed section to the left, canted 2-storeyed bay to right, stone cornice, blocking course; predominantly sash windows, mostly with glazing bars, some late C19 French windows to ground floor with fretwork blindboxes. East front with a central canted bay in conforming style. Interior with early C19 features, some C18 work remains, some Victorian alteration. Ground floor with principal reception rooms with ornamental plaster cornices, chimneypieces, and window shutters; room to north-east with fitted ornamental cupboards with doors with glazing bars. Hall with broad panelled archway, Victorian tile floor. Staircase with simple stick balusters, moulded handrail, turned newels, adjacent dado panelling. Former kitchen with good lias flagstone floor. Further interesting doors, shutters, plasterwork and chimneypieces throughout the building; billiard room on first floor with plaster vaulting. Cellars with vaulting and wine bins.
Listing NGR: ST5968937594
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 268372
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 16-Jun-2026 at 13:47:48.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.