Listed Building: 3 PENNY STREET (1103863)

House. C16/17 timber frame, recased and altered late C18/early C19. Stuccoed. Plain tile roof, hipped on right corner return, brick chimney stack at right of centre. 2 storeys and attic, 4 bays. 5-panel door at centre in panelled reveal, flanked by reeded pilasters, cornice on 2 shaped brackets runs over C19 shallow bow window on right of 36 panes. On left 2 16-pane sashes with rendered keystones. 4 similar sashes on first floor. 2 hipped dormers. On left C20 2-storey garage extension. Right return, onto Peacock Lane, has 16-pane sash on ground and first floors. INTERIOR has remains of timber framing with wall posts and ceiling beams. No.5 Peacock Lane (qv) is together with No.3 Penny Street part of one original house. (Lloyd DW: Buildings of Portsmouth and its Environs: Portsmouth: 1974-: 46, 47).