Main Group Of Brick Farm Buildings At Clements Farm

The main group of farm buildings at Clements Farm dates to around 1900. They were built for the Pearson family’s Brickendonbury estate and demonstrate an unusual model farm layout, reflecting the family’s background as engineers and serving as the headquarters for their bailiff. The buildings are constructed of red brick with blue brick detailing around blind arcades and openings, and have machine-made red tile roofs supported by steel lattice trusses.

The group is arranged in a row running east to west, with lower buildings extending south to form two yards. The row consists of four buildings of varying heights but similar widths: a single-storey, five-bay shed; a two-storey, seven-bay granary building with a through carriageway; a four-storey square water tower with a corbelled blind arcade below an embattled parapet; and a tall, three-bay barn with a central entrance on the north front. The buildings feature iron windows with small panes.

Attached to the rear of the barn are two parallel, single-storey calving sheds. A seven-bay cowshed is attached to the rear of the granary, and a seven-bay, open-fronted arcaded cartshed is situated to the rear (south) of the shed. The gable end of each of these lower ranges features three bays of blind arcading.