Description

Attributed to Brown and Wardrop, dated 1869 over door. Large asymmetrical Gothic house. Two-storey and attic, three-stage square tower to southwest. Coursed squared and packed whinstone rubble walling with contrasting polished cream sandstone dressings and quoins. All windows mullioned and transomed, sash and case with two-pane plate glass glazing. Attic windows set in gablets.

West Elevation: three-bay with tower to right, main door at base of tower. Roll-moulded doorway with heraldic panel above, stepped string course above. To centre, recessed bay with to left, square projecting three-light window to ground.

South Elevation: Four-bay with tower to left. To right, projecting canted bays to ground with embattled parapets flank blind central bay; tripartites to first floor, flank single window. Tripartite attic windows in gablets.

North and East Elevations similarly detailed, to north elevation in service quarters, parts of earlier 19th century house survive. Tall Neo-Tudor stacks in groups, slate roofs.

Interior: well-preserved interior. Hall with scale and platt open stair, barley-sugar twist balusters and arched screened first floor landing and cupola. Most chimneypieces original, doors, panelling. Sliding concertina screen to dining room. Good simple plasterwork throughout. Stables: contemporary with house and to the north. U-plan, two-storey stable block. Oculi under eaves of central range to courtyard, decorative weathervane above; lean-to to rear. Stone forestair to exterior elevation of west range. Flat lintels to carriage openings to courtyard elevations.

Walled Garden: rectangular garden to west of house with two-storey corner pavilion, piend-roofed with single storey gabled wing, and with lean-to service buildings to outer elevation.

Statement of Interest

As Brown and Wardrop executed the sensitive additions and alterations to original plans in 1869, it seems likely that they were the architects of the original house.

At the time of listing in 1991, the building operated as Penninghame Open Prison. The prison closed in 2000. The house was sold and reverted back to private residential use. It is now known by its original name, Penninghame House.

Statutory address and listed building record revised in 2024. Previously listed as 'Penninghame Open Prison (formerly Penninghame House) with Stables and Walled Garden'.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17792278

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