Rode Hall is an early 18th century country house set in extensive grounds and is Grade II* listed. (
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The Rode Hall Estate has been in the ownership of the Wilbraham family since 1669. Sir Richard and Lady Baker Wilbraham are the current custodians of the family home.
"When Roger Wilbraham (1623 -1707) purchased the Rode estate for £2,400 in 1669, its manor-house was probably half-timbered, like nearby Little Moreton Hall. Today, nothing remains of that original building. Instead stands a fine, redbrick, Georgian country house: Rode Hall. On approaching, it becomes apparent that this handsome home is, in effect, two houses in one, and that the substantial, porticoed building is a later second house attached to a smaller, now wisteria-clad, first house." (
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The clock is located on the wall of the Stable block which is Grade II listed. The description by British listed buildings is as follows;
"Stable block, c.1804 by John Hope. Red Flemish bond brick with ashlar
dressings and slate roof with lead flashings. Entrance front: six
bays symmetrically disposed. Ashlar quoins at ground floor level and
ashlar band between the floors. Two central projecting bays with
basket-arched carriage doors to the ground floor with ashlar surrounds
and keystones, that at left now blocked. To either side of this one,
nearest the centre, round-arched doorways with stone surrounds and
projecting springers and keystones, both being blocked, that at left
having a window inserted. Beyond these are round-arched windows also
both now blocked, that at left having a smaller inserted window. To
the first floor are 6 round windows with ashlar surrounds. Over the
two central bays is a pediment with a central clock face and a central
octagonal bellcote to the hipped roof, with a lead ogee dome." (
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The light blue clock face is edged with black and has gold markings. It has gold roman numerals and decorative hands.
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