The Clock House

ST IPPOLLITTS PRESTON ROAD TL 12 NE (West side)

3/66 The Clock House - GV II

Stable block to Tatmore Place (q.v.), now a house. 1908 by John Belcher for Sir Joseph Child Priestley. Uncoursed knapped flint with red brick bands and dressings. Steep pitched roofs of gratuated slates half-hipped on wings. Some painted stone mullioned windows. Lead covered central square clock turret with swept roof, ball finial and wrought iron vane. A U-shaped building with open side to W. Tall single-storey rectangular main range and 2 2-storeys wings projecting to W. N wing designed as stable cottage facing S into court with 3-lights window over round headed arched opening now with inserted 6-panels door. W gable end has a 4-lights mullioned window to each floor. N side has tall round-arched brick opening with key-block, and large projecting chimney with 2 2-lights small windows built into it. South wing has an upper floor door to its W gable with beam-sockets of platform of former external stair. Hipped roofed canopy over on heavy brackets. Plank door with glazed light in upper part. Roof of S side of wing extends down as outshut. N side has large double doors to courtyard for carriages.

Listing NGR: TL1851026116