Rhodes Memorial Clock Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Memorial, drinking fountain. 3 related planning applications.
Rhodes Memorial Clock Tower
- WRENN ID
- hollow-spire-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Withington MP: Jeff Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1994
- Type
- Memorial, drinking fountain
- Address
- Rhodes Memorial Clock Tower, Wilmslow Road, M20 2DN
- OS grid reference
- SJ 847 913
- Coordinates
- 53.41839, -2.23161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rhodes Memorial Clock Tower is a memorial clock tower and drinking fountain located on Wilmslow Road in Didsbury, Manchester. It was built around 1910 to commemorate Dr. J. Milson Rhodes, who passed away in 1909. The tower is made of Portland stone and features a bronze plaque. It has a square section and is designed in the Edwardian baroque style, standing approximately 8 meters high and mounted on two steps, with the upper step having concave corners.
The north and south sides of the base include coved niches with projected drinking fountain bowls, while the other sides have blind doorways with moulded architraves. The tower itself has moulded corners and a bronze plaque on the east side, which includes an oval medallion with a profile in relief and the inscription "In memory of Dr. J. Milson Rhodes JP.CA. 1847-1909. A Friend to Humanity." The top of the tower features clock faces set in circular wreaths, a cornice that is segmentally arched over them, and a domed roof with a finial.
The clock tower is situated at the edge of the forecourt of the former railway station and forms a group with the War Memorial and Didsbury Public Library, which are located on the opposite side of the road.
Local climate
Rhodes Memorial Clock Tower sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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