The Clock House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1988. House. 6 related planning applications.

The Clock House

WRENN ID
gaunt-pewter-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 March 1988
Type
House
Address
The Clock House, Hollow Road, Kelvedon, CO5 9DG
OS grid reference
TL 846 195
Coordinates
51.844, 0.67886
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Clock House is a service and stable range that has been converted into a house. It dates from the mid-18th century and underwent conversion in the 20th century. The building is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and is topped with a roof made of red clay pantiles. The main range consists of seven bays facing southeast and is two storeys high, with a one-storey rear wing that has attics at the left end. There is an external stack and a lean-to extension at the right end.

On the ground floor, there are six 18th-century sash windows, each with 12 lights and flat arches made of gauged brick, set back in recesses with semi-circular arches of gauged brick. The first floor features six 18th-century casement windows with similar heads, along with a central casement that has glazing bars arranged in an octagonal pattern, all using crown glass. A central 20th-century door and doorway with rusticated jambs and a semi-circular arch is set back within the original gauged brick arch. The building has a plain band, a dentilled eaves cornice, and a pediment made of gault brick. The hipped roof is topped with a central octagonal wooden cupola that houses a clock and a copper dome, along with an octagonal bell-turret above that has scrolled wooden legs and a lead dome. The rear elevation and the rear wing also feature a dentilled eaves cornice.

The tithe map from 1841 indicates a carriage drive leading to the central entrance, with two rear wings creating an irregular half-H plan.

Local climate

The Clock House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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