Clement Stretton was born in Leicester, Leicestershire, England in 1879. He was articled to Stockdale Harrison (1846-1914) in Leicester in 1896 and remained with him as his assistant. He also attended Leicester School of Art and the South Kensington Schools of Art in London. In 1901 he was awarded the South Kensington Bronze Medal for Building Construction. He qualified as an architect in 1901 and set up his own independent practice in Leicester in 1904. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1901 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1922. He was also a member of the Leicester Society of Architects and its Secretary from 1910 to c.1925, and its President from 1935 to 1937.
His address was given as 2 Mecklenburg Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, St. Martin's East, Leicester, Leicestershire, and Saxe Coburg House, Leicester , Leicestershire in 1901; 'Homestead' Moreland Avenue, Leicester, Leicestershire, in 1911 and 1914; 4 Grey Friars, Leicester, Leicestershire in 1914; Alliance Chambers, Horsefair Street, Leicester, Leicestershire in 1923 and 1939. He died at 31 Knighton Road, Knighton, Leicestershire on 30 May 1950.
Various houses and factories — chiefly in Leicestershire, 1904-23; housing schemes for City of Leicester, 1920-22; Roman Catholic Church, Aylestone (Leicester). 1922. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1923]
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001