High House, Penrhos, Monmouthshire

High House is of two storeys with attics set in a very elevated roof.The house is of rubble covered with painted render and the roof tiling is modern.^[1] In their three-volume history, Monmouthshire Houses, Fox and Raglan wrote of the "striking and symmetrical elevation, the high roof-ridge and tall chimneys no doubt the reason for its name".^[2] The architectural historian John Newman described High House as "a bizarre hybrid, of unforgettable silhouette".^[3] Its Cadw listing records it as “an important Renaissance house of 1675”,^[1] and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales notes that its design, with its elevated roofline is “unique in Monmouthshire”.^[4]

The house is privately owned. The gardens are occasionally opened under the National Gardens Scheme.^[5]

• Fox, Cyril; Raglan, Lord (1994). Part 3, Renaissance Houses. Monmouthshire Houses. Cardiff: Merton Priory Press Ltd & The National Museum of Wales. OCLC 654947030.
• Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071053-1.