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
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1985
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SU 98 SE STOKE POGES PARK ROAD
8/615 The Clock House -
- II
Built 1765 for Thomas Penn of Stoke Park with a chapel on the left and an adjoining L-shaped building on the right an almshouse for 3 men and 3 women. Red brick; old tile roof. From left to right. First, the single-storeyed and gabled former chapel. Pointed Gothick window with Y-tracery and leaded lights. Then, the Master's House, that is, the vicarage that was replaced in 1802 by James Wyatt's (see item 13/613), since the vicar of Stoke Poges was also master of the almshouses. Two storeys; 5 bays. Ground floor with central arched entrance. All windows segment-headed sashes with glazing bars, those of the 1st floor smaller than those of the ground floor. Then the former almshouses proper, a 5-bay block with French window on the left and segment-headed casement windows, a 2-storeyed clock-tower with wooden cupola astride the gable and another 2-storeyed single bay with segment-headed casement windows. Walled gardens back and front. Square brick piers surmounted by balls and wrought iron gates.
Listing NGR: SU9780183135
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