Town Clock is a Grade II listed building in the Redcar and Cleveland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1988. Clock tower.
Town Clock
- WRENN ID
- little-truss-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Redcar and Cleveland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1988
- Type
- Clock tower
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
REDCAR HIGH STREET EAST NZ 62 NW (middle of road) 2/48 Town Clock II
Memorial Clock tower, 1913, by John Dobson (Redcar), in memory of King Edward VII. Red engineering brick in English bond, with faceted rusticated brickwork in upper part of top stage. Concrete dressings and rockfaced whinstone plinth. Plain clay tiled roof. 3-stage tower with diagonal buttresses supporting volutes on shallow bases. Round-headed opening in each face with archivolt, imposts and keystone, below frieze. On each face, frieze holds nowy-headed tablet with scrolled wings; that on south side has bronze plate with raised lettering: "1901 E.R. 1910 IN GRATEFUL AND LOYAL MEMORY OF EDWARD VII REX ET IMPERATOR. ERECTED FROM SUBSCRIPTIONS RAISED BY INHABITANTS OF REDCAR, COATHAM AND DISTRICT". Each face of middle stage has round-headed window with leaded lights in enriched aedicule. Bartizans, with watershots at angles of top stage flanking enriched swags below clock faces in oculi with moulded surrounds. Diminutive arcaded bell openings below eaves. Pyramidal roof has metal ship weather vane and compass finial. An important local landmark.
Listing NGR: NZ6024525222
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