The Clock House
The Clock House, Mansion Drive, Tring Park
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1077999
- Date first listed:
- 21-Sept-1951
- List Entry Name:
- The Clock House
- Statutory Address:
- The Clock House, Mansion Drive, Tring Park
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1077999
- Date first listed:
- 21-Sept-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 29-May-1986
- List Entry Name:
- The Clock House
- Statutory Address 1:
- The Clock House, Mansion Drive, Tring Park
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- The Clock House, Mansion Drive, Tring Park
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- Dacorum (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Tring
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 92589 11186
Details
SP 9211
11/91
TRING
MANSION DRIVE (West side)
The Clock House, Tring Park
(formerly listed as stables to the Mansion, Tring Park)
21.9.51
GV
II*
Stable block, now school dormitory. '1709' on rainwaterheads, for William Gore, possibly by Gibbs. Plum brick with red brick dressings to openings, red rubbed arches, stone cornices and urns. Steep roofs now slated.
A large two storey block facing east with taller projecting centre surmounted by clock and four stone urns. Arcaded octagonal Doric cupola now missing. A striking Baroque design. Simple five windows long wings with terminal pilaster, tall round headed windows, slightly recessed box sashes with small panes and radial pattern in head, six-panel door in lower part of middle window, smaller square-headed windows to first floor with small panes and moulded sills, and moulded stone cornice surmounted by brick parapet which appear to be additions. Wide projecting centre has square corner piers linked by a chamfered plinth, wide stone moulded cornice, brick parapet with stone copings, surmounted by tall gadrooned stone urns. Breaking middle of parapet two higher brick piers with similar tall stone urns flank a higher section with swept moulded copings, with octagonal framed large wooden clockface. Three simple tall round headed flush box sash windows to first floor. Central painted wooden Corinthian doorcase with fluted pilasters, full entablature with fielded panel frieze, and cornice breaking forward over parallel end blocks and central block over keystone in archivolt. Eight-panel fielded double doors with round headed fanlight and bolection surround. Door flanked by two projecting moulded brick aedicules with moulded cornice and hemicyle headed brick niche with stone base and square-headed flush box sash window, curved on plan, set in back. Round headed lower door openings next corners with panelled doors and semi-circular radial fanlights.
Late C20 glazed block at front and buildings linked to rear not of special interest.
Listing NGR: SP9258911186
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 355727
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire, (1977), 370
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 21 Hertfordshire,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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