Clock House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Maldon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1986. Farmhouse.

Clock House Farmhouse

WRENN ID
scarred-crypt-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maldon
Constituency
Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 May 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Clock House Farmhouse, Fambridge Road, Purleigh
OS grid reference
TL 857 020
Coordinates
51.68628, 0.68559
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Clock House Farmhouse is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is timber framed and roughcast rendered, with a roof covered in handmade red clay tiles and slates. The 17th-century section faces north, while a parallel 19th-century range is located to the south. The building has a rectangular plan and is two storeys high.

On the north elevation, the ground floor features three sash windows with 12 lights; one is from the early 19th century, while the others are from the late 19th century. The first floor has three early 19th-century sashes with 12 lights made of crown glass, along with two 20th-century casements. Notably, the left upper window retains crown glass in every pane, which is a rare survival and deserves special care.

The entrance includes an early 19th-century six-panel door with a cast iron fanlight that features guilloche and garland tracery, all set within a dentilled open pediment. The rendering on the north range is applied over weatherboarding, and the roof of the south range is slated. Inside, there is a chamfered axial beam with lamb's tongue stops, and plain joists with a vertical section.

Local climate

Clock House Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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