Description

SO 97 NW CLIENT CP BROMSGROVE ROAD (east side)
Lower Clent

6/58 Clent House
(Formerly listed as Clent
House Farmhouse)
16.11.67

GV II

Stables, now house. 1709; converted c1955 with further late C20 alterations
and additions. Handmade red brick in Flemish bond with sandstone dressings
and base; plain tiled hipped roof with overhanging bracketed eaves; two large
panelled C20 brick ridge stacks. Two storeys with moulded stone band between
storeys and moulded eaves cornice. 4:3:4 bays; central bays break forward
under a pedimented gable; end quoins; windows have gauged flat heads-and
moulded keyblocks mainly in form of acanthus leaves; cross-casements on
ground floor; 2-light casements on first floor; all windows are of mid-C20
date. Pedimented gable contains 12-sided clockface; central entrance has
a segmental pediment, fluted pilasters, entablature and 8-panelled C20 door.
The first and second bays to the left have large double doors on the ground
floor with cambered heads; in the third and fourth bays is a larger set of
double doors and to the left of these is a narrow door which has a transom
light with three glazing bars. At the centre of the roof ridge is a cupola;
octagonal base with basket-arched arcade, modillion cornice, domical lead
roof and ball finial. Interior has been remodelled. Mid-C20 wing to rear
right and late C20 single-storey addition to rear left. The building was the
original stables to Clent House, an early C18 house and the seat of the
Amphlett family, which was demolished at the beginning of the C20. (BoE, p 121).

Listing NGR: SO9211079703

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26631972

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey