Penbury Grove, Buckinghamshire, England

Witheridge Lane, Penn, High Wycombe HP10 8PG

In 1932 Indian spiritual master Avatar Meher Baba visited Penbury Grove. Built by Horace Field Parshall, the father of the master's disciple Kim Tolhurst, the stately house was built as a replica of William Penn's house in Pennsylvania. In more recent times it was a special school for disabled children - Penbury Grove School.

Penbury Grove is situated in the village of Penn, overlooking attractive open countryside in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and enjoys a secluded rural position, being bounded by mature trees. 

Penbury Grove Residential Nursery, Penn, Bucks - 25 acres5.10  (5 miles).Detached, Freehold, 10+ Beds, 10+ Baths, 5 Receptions.

We went through “Penbury Grove” along a public footpath.  The wood was entirely beech trees.

Horace Field Parshall is the son of Horace Field Parshall.1 He married, secondly, Margaret Savage Alcock, daughter of Captain Philip Clayton Alcock and Kathleen Robinson, on 7 November 1953. They were the parents of one son and two daughters.1     As of 1976, Horace Field Parshall lived at Flat 8, 51 Onslow Square, London, England.

The following is the late Richard Thompson's account of his visit to Penbury Grove along with his family and friends.

This extract was taken from Meher Baba Australia issue April 1998 Page 6,7 & 11.

By kind permission of Jenny Thompson

Richard F Budd sent me the following in mid 2011

Penbury Grove, Penn, Bucks is under receivership & BEING SOLD. Currently there is an application in by a building firm which has been approved where they intend to knock down & redevelop as it is not a listed building.