Penhallow House Preservation Webcam

Strawbery Banke recently announced plans to lift the c. 1750 Penhallow House to build a wet-proof basement to protect the home from increasing impacts of groundwater intrusion. The house will be carefully lifted approximately 10 feet into the air by Preservation Timber Framing, using hydraulics, structural steel, and cribbing. After the house is lifted, gravel and filter fabric will be added to the basement to encourage drainage to perimeter drains and the City of Portsmouth’s stormwater system. Click here to learn more about Sea Level Rise.

Funding for the Penhallow House restoration was provided in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy Demands Wisdom (NEH) and the New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP). Additionally, funding came through the Cogswell Benevolent Trust, the Samuel P. Hunt Foundation, an anonymous foundation, the McIninch Foundation, and private donations to the Building Community: the Campaign for Strawbery Banke.