Clock Tower 110 Metres North East of Cragside Park House is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1981. Clock tower. 3 related planning applications.
Clock Tower 110 Metres North East of Cragside Park House
- WRENN ID
- rusted-ember-khaki
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1981
- Type
- Clock tower
- OS grid reference
- NU 069 021
- Coordinates
- 55.31341, -1.89129
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clock Tower, built in 1864 for Lord Armstrong, is located 110 metres north-east of Cragside Park House. It is constructed from squared tooled stone with raised tooled dressings and features a clock stage. The lower part has a Welsh slate roof, while the upper section includes a timber cupola topped with a lead spire.
On the south elevation, there is a vertical-panelled door set within a chamfered pointed arch. The other elevations have lead-latticed casements in similar openings, all beneath gables adorned with cruciform loops. The octagonal clock stage displays four clock faces, and the cupola is supported by shouldered arches that lead to the swept spire, which is topped with a weathervane.
Inside, there are two transverse round arches that support the superstructure. The clock mechanism, which indicates the day of the week among other functions, is housed in an early cast-iron frame. The bell, dated 1864, was made by John Warner and Son in London (though it was not seen during the inspection).
Originally, the clock tower served as the pay office for the Cragside Estate, and it is believed that Lord Armstrong may have designed the clock mechanism.
Local climate
Clock Tower 110 Metres North East of Cragside Park House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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