The Clock House

TL 3811 STANSTEAD HODDESDON ROAD ST MARGARETS (west side) St Margarets village 13/33 The Clock House

24.1.67

GV II

House, formerly a stable block. C18 altered late C19 for Septimus Croft. Red brick in Flemish bond. Stucco bands. Tiled roofs, slated on E slope. A 2-storeys, 3-windows rectagular building facing W. 3-part plan with projecting centre rising to a squareturret and cupola, flanked by hipped roofed wings. 3 parallel roofs with slated hipped ends on E. Central panelled door with flat hood on brackets set in a glazed semi-circular arch. Similar heads to large window on each side with radial glazing bars and casements. Crown firemark at centre. Stucco band at springing level. Brick band at floor level. On 1st floor small central window mullioned and transomed with Gothic tracery. 4-light windows each side. Stucco capped parapet of central turret rises above the wings with an octagonal drum above. Circular window on cardinal faces. Above a cornice a domed open cupola with closed balustrade, round headed arches with 'key stones', and a gilded weather vane. The house to which the stable block belonged is said to have been burnt down in the late C18. (Pevsner (1977) 344). Rainwaterhead dated 1705 is said to come from Sherides in Hoddesdon.

Listing NGR: TL3810911316