Clock Tower, Weighbridge And Stables Adjoining

The building is a clock and weighbridge tower with adjoining stables, constructed in the mid-19th century for the London Lead Company. It is made of coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings and features graduated green slate roofs. The tower stands three storeys high and has one bay, while the stable range to the left is one storey and consists of five bays.

The tower has a high segmental-headed carriage arch with voussoirs, which is adjacent to a house on the right and supported by piers on the left. The first floor is blank below the clock, featuring a louvred round-headed opening with a continuous impost band. Louvred openings with flat stone lintels rest on this band. The pyramidal roof has wide swept eaves. The stable range on the left has two late 19th-century sash windows in the front two bays, and there is a brick extension with garage doors further to the left, which is not of interest.

Inside the tower arch, there are quadrant brick piers in the two left corners, each with a small cupboard door. The ground under the arch has a cast iron surround for the weighbridge. This building is included for its historical interest.