Indicator Board and Clock Tower at York Racecourse is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1995. Indicator board, clock tower.
Indicator Board and Clock Tower at York Racecourse
- WRENN ID
- outer-attic-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Central MP: Rachael Maskell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1995
- Type
- Indicator board, clock tower
- Address
- Indicator Board and Clock Tower at York Racecourse, Knavesmire
- OS grid reference
- SE 595 497
- Coordinates
- 53.94012, -1.09437
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The indicator board and clock tower at York Racecourse was built in 1922 and designed by Walter Brierley. It features a steel frame with wooden and re-constituted stone elements, topped with a hipped slate roof. The structure stands three storeys tall with an attic and has a square plan. The ground floor includes square corner piers, with two Doric columns in antis on three sides, all made of re-constituted stone. The first and second floors are divided into three panels on each of the three front faces, with each panel further divided into six spaces for name boards. In the center of each face is a seventh panel located in a central square dormer with a flat lead roof. The main front has attached frames on each side for additional name boards. The square hipped roof is crowned by a square lantern featuring a circular clock face on each side, and a moulded square lead dome topped with a finial. The seven-day clock, made by GJF Newey of York, was installed in 1923. The interior retains all its original structure and fittings.
Local climate
Indicator Board and Clock Tower at York Racecourse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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