The Clock Tower is a Grade II* listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1950. A C17 Clock tower.
The Clock Tower
- WRENN ID
- twisted-chamber-thrush
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- North Northumberland MP: David Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1950
- Type
- Clock tower
- Address
- The Clock Tower, Oldgate, Morpeth
- OS grid reference
- NZ 197 859
- Coordinates
- 55.16749, -1.69124
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clock Tower is a belfry and clock tower located on Oldgate in Morpeth. It was likely built in the early 17th century, reusing earlier masonry, with the top floor added in 1705. The structure is made of squared stone and stands three storeys tall, measuring 70 feet high and 25 feet square.
On the east side, there is a two-leaf boarded door set within a Tudor-arched surround. A string course runs along the first floor, which features a round-arched recess and an inscription noting repairs made in 1760. The clock is positioned on the second floor. The third floor has round-headed louvred bell openings framed by roll-moulded surrounds, complete with moulded impost blocks and keystones. The tower is topped with a cornice and parapet that has moulded coping, and small stone figures dressed in 18th-century attire stand on the corners.
The west side includes external stone steps leading to the first floor and features a small cusped head from a 14th-century window.
Local climate
The Clock Tower receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1995
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