Penstone House

Penstone House once stood on this site. In 1937, Penstone House provided sanctuary for a number of refugee children from the Basque region of Spain who came to Britain fleeing bombing and starvation after the destruction of Guernica during the Spanish Civ

Penstone House was a site of humanitarian significance during the Spanish Civil War, offering refuge to Basque children escaping the 1937 Guernica bombings. The house is connected to the British effort to shelter child refugees through the efforts of groups like the Spanish Refugee Children’s Committee.