War Memorial Clocktower

SD 62 SW, 6/209

WHEELTON, KENYON LANE,

War Memorial Clock Tower

II

Clock tower. Probably c.1920. Rock-faced snecked gritstone with quoins, slate spirelet. Square plan. Base of four low steps. Gothic style: on east side a 2-centred arched doorway chamfered in two orders, with long-and-short jamb-stones and voussoirs, above this a large inset rectangular panel containing a metal plate lettered (in capitals) "To commemorate the glorious memory of the men of Heapey and Wheelton who fell in the Great War 1914-1918"; 2nd stage has a trefoiled recess containing a small louvred opening, and a projecting semi-circular sill (like a bowl), 3rd stage has a clock face in chamfered circular surround enclosed by a square hoodmould with foliated stops; top stage has a corbel table to a chamfered coping and pierced square battlements surrounding a spirelet with swept slate cladding and a weathervane. All other sides have clock faces, rear resembles front but has no door, north side has no other feature, and south side has two lettered panels, the upper displaying 46 names and the lower headed 1939-1945 listing 12 names.

Listing NGR: SD6001021206

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 2 February 2017.