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When researching the history of the house and especially the name Penraevon you come across strange pieces of information which are all factually true…

A Lord Mayor, An Eminent Town Planner, Three Lost Dogs, Two Cooks, and a Wedding The history of the house is a history of…

The four month push to get the Kitchen finished is finally coming to an end, so we hopped off for a week away at…

Chapel Allerton Chapeltown Chapel Allerton and Chapeltown are two areas of North Leeds both contained within the Chapel Allerton Boundary Ward. They used to…

Louis Le Prince This is possibly the oldest bit of film it was taken in 1888, in Leeds. Louis Le Prince owned a house on…

Olive Middleton, A Royal Connection Duchess of Cambridge (nee Kate Middleton) Great Grandmother was a neighbour. When our house was built it was inhabited…

Zen house restoration With a big house restoration project, you can see the beautiful home it will become (WHY DID YOU BUY IT IF YOU…

We call the house Penraevon, but I knew from the solicitors that the Land Registry call it 4 Laurel Mount. Two days before we move…

Redbank to Penraevon This house has had many names from Penraevon to Redbank to Penraevon to Bushbury House until finally back to Penraevon. Carved…