Building MPM681 - 3 PENNY STREET

16th/17th century timber framed house. Recased and altered in the late 18th/early 19th century. This building was originally part of one larger house, together with 5 Peacock Lane.

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). [1]

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The red brickwork on the external walls was exposed during renovation work in 2019 when the rendering was removed. [2]

<1> Historic England, The National Heritage List for England (Index). SPM35.

<2> 2019, 3 Penny Street & Peacock Cottage renovations (Photograph). SPM559.