Clent House

SO 97 NW CLIENT CP BROMSGROVE ROAD (east side) Lower Clent

6/58 Clent House (Formerly listed as Clent House Farmhouse) 16.11.67

GV II

Stables, now house. 1709; converted c1955 with further late C20 alterations and additions. Handmade red brick in Flemish bond with sandstone dressings and base; plain tiled hipped roof with overhanging bracketed eaves; two large panelled C20 brick ridge stacks. Two storeys with moulded stone band between storeys and moulded eaves cornice. 4:3:4 bays; central bays break forward under a pedimented gable; end quoins; windows have gauged flat heads-and moulded keyblocks mainly in form of acanthus leaves; cross-casements on ground floor; 2-light casements on first floor; all windows are of mid-C20 date. Pedimented gable contains 12-sided clockface; central entrance has a segmental pediment, fluted pilasters, entablature and 8-panelled C20 door. The first and second bays to the left have large double doors on the ground floor with cambered heads; in the third and fourth bays is a larger set of double doors and to the left of these is a narrow door which has a transom light with three glazing bars. At the centre of the roof ridge is a cupola; octagonal base with basket-arched arcade, modillion cornice, domical lead roof and ball finial. Interior has been remodelled. Mid-C20 wing to rear right and late C20 single-storey addition to rear left. The building was the original stables to Clent House, an early C18 house and the seat of the Amphlett family, which was demolished at the beginning of the C20. (BoE, p 121).

Listing NGR: SO9211079703