It is characterised by large houses set in their own extensive grounds and though it remains within the civil parish of Penn today it has become contiguous with the market town of Beaconsfield.

There are several surviving buildings built in the 15th and 16th centuries, including timber-framed hall house Baylins Farm (or Beelings Manor) dating back to 1450.

Opposite the cricket pitch stands Hutchins Barn, a 16th-century timbered house with a minstrels' gallery.

Eghams Farm, built in Tudor times, is a private residence and stands on a path leading to Hogback Wood.

[1] In one corner of the small recreation area adjoining the cricket pitch, there is an old dew pond formerly used for sheep dipping and reputed to have been in existence for 400 years.