About18th January 2026<18th January 2026 Penraevon what does it mean Penraevon what does it mean? Above the door to the house is carved “Penraevon built ad 1882”. Where does the name Penraevon come from?…
About15th November 2025<25th January 2026 Curious Legacy of the Penraevon seven Penraevon: A Name That Refused to Stay Put There is a moment, when you research an old house, where history stops behaving itself. You…
About31st March 2022<11th November 2025 Penraevon and Barbara Hepworth We got a message the other day from a relative of one of the people who used to live in our house. Her gran…
About28th October 2021<30th October 2021 Jack The Lad Jack the lad Here is the story of one of the previous owners of Penraevon. He is Jack Foreman and lived here with his…
Interior, Kitchen19th August 2019<25th January 2021 Mice and The Butler’s Pantry There is water coming through the living room ceiling! The plumber was called to investigate. The problem was that mice had nibbled their way…
Products3rd August 2019<14th November 2021 Linseed Paint Good or Bad? You know how it is, you are looking at Instagram, and up pops an advert. This one was for Linseed paint. I am intrigued…
Garden17th July 2019<26th August 2020 Summer Garden 2019 It is so wonderful to slowly begin to have some more established plants. Many experienced gardeners would look on with envy at our bare…
Garden25th March 2019<20th June 2020 A New Path Winter and early Spring is the perfect time for hard landscaping in the garden It maybe to cold to plant but it is the…
About1st March 2019<1st March 2019 Chapeltown in History Chapeltown has some wonderful images captured in time. Chapeltown is in North Leeds.
Hallways, Interior4th January 2019<31st March 2022 Gold Leaf interiors OH NO! What has happened to your wall? My Sister-in -law was not impressed with our latest decorating project. Obviously it is not to…
Interior, Hallways11th September 2018<25th January 2021 Trade Entrance in detail I don’t understand why this little hall has taken you so long? Trade Entrance in detail The Trade Entrance (side door and hall) has…
Garden, The Courtyard31st August 2018<20th December 2022 water trough garden Water Trough Garden We want to introduce a water feature to the courtyard garden, despite being South facing it is a shady area in…
Products2nd August 2018<19th August 2019 The Perfect Table The Perfect Table We need somewhere to sit. We had created a new garden by putting in railings and flower beds but there was…
Interior, Hallways31st July 2018<25th January 2021 Something is not right The Third Door Something is not right here. We have three doors into our house. the front door, the back door and a side…
About, Architects18th July 2018<18th September 2019 Architectural Plans Architectural plans and the extension Our house was always believed to have been built by the firm Chorley and Connon as they had built…
Interior, Bathroom17th July 2018<20th August 2019 Before and after downstairs loo Before and After Downstairs Loo Smaller is not always easier, it often just means less room to manoeuvre. This room used to be bigger…
Interior, Bedrooms21st March 2018<25th January 2021 Guest Room Before and After Guest Room Before and After Da-dah as if by magic the guest room is finished. We are really proud of this room, it is…
Garden21st March 2018<31st August 2019 Giant Hoops Hi Ricky we want some more railings. The garden was coming together but we needed to crack on and get some hard landscaping in….
