Clock Tower in Forecourt to West of Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1983. Clock tower. 2 related planning applications.

Clock Tower in Forecourt to West of Town Hall

WRENN ID
lapsed-ledge-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gateshead
Constituency
Gateshead Central and Whickham MP: Mark Ferguson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 January 1983
Type
Clock tower
Address
Clock Tower in Forecourt to West of Town Hall, West Street, NE8 1BP
OS grid reference
NZ 254 633
Coordinates
54.96422, -1.60433
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Clock Tower in the forecourt to the west of the Town Hall was built in 1892 by Gillott and Johnson of Croydon. This cast iron clock tower stands 25 feet high and is designed in a Gothic style, featuring classical motifs within its panels. It consists of three stages above a square plinth, with a tiled clock stage that overhangs and is topped by a small open drum, an ogee cupola, and a vane. The tower is painted black and gold and is inscribed with the words: "PRESENTED TO THE BOROUGH OF GATESHEAD BY WALTER WILLSON, MAYOR 1892." It is an exact replica of the clock at Victoria Station in London.

Local climate

Clock Tower in Forecourt to West of Town Hall receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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