Edward VII Memorial Clock Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Wirral local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1974. Monument, clock tower.
Edward VII Memorial Clock Tower
- WRENN ID
- odd-banister-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wirral
- Constituency
- Birkenhead MP: Alison McGovern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 March 1974
- Type
- Monument, clock tower
- Address
- Edward VII Memorial Clock Tower, Clifton Crescent
- OS grid reference
- SJ 322 885
- Coordinates
- 53.3892, -3.02092
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Edward VII Memorial Clock Tower is a clock tower built in 1911 by Edmund Kirby, located in Birkenhead. It is constructed from Portland stone and features a stepped base that leads to a rusticated plinth adorned with low relief coats of arms and lions at the corners. Above this, there is a Doric fluted shaft topped with a triglyph frieze and a modillion cornice beneath the clock. The clock is flanked by volutes and has a ribbed cap with an urn and ball finial. A narrow doorway provides access to an internal staircase on one side of the shaft, while the opposite side bears an inscription commemorating the tower's erection by public subscription in memory of King Edward.
Local climate
Edward VII Memorial Clock Tower sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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