The Clock House is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1985. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Clock House
- WRENN ID
- endless-paling-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield MP: Joy Morrissey (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Clock House, Park Road, Stoke Poges, SL2 4PE
- OS grid reference
- SU 978 831
- Coordinates
- 51.53866, -0.59121
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clock House was built in 1765 for Thomas Penn of Stoke Park. It features a chapel on the left and an adjoining L-shaped building on the right, which served as an almshouse for three men and three women. The structure is made of red brick and has an old tile roof.
From left to right, the first part is a single-storey, gabled former chapel with a pointed Gothick window that has Y-tracery and leaded lights. Next is the Master's House, originally the vicarage, which was replaced in 1802 by a design from James Wyatt. The vicar of Stoke Poges also served as the master of the almshouses. This section has two storeys and five bays, featuring a central arched entrance on the ground floor. All the windows are segment-headed sashes with glazing bars, with the first-floor windows being smaller than those on the ground floor.
Following this is the former almshouses, which is a five-bay block that includes a French window on the left and segment-headed casement windows. There is also a two-storey clock tower with a wooden cupola positioned on the gable, along with another two-storey single bay that has segment-headed casement windows. The property is surrounded by walled gardens at both the front and back, and features square brick piers topped with balls and wrought iron gates.
Local climate
The Clock House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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