Description

SU 98 SE STOKE POGES PARK ROAD

8/615 The Clock House
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- 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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26458563

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair