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

External Links

• Wikidata Q26458563

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)