Lindley Clock Tower

Lindley Clock Tower, built between 1900 and 1902, is a notable structure designed by architect Edgar Wood, with sculpture and a copper roof by T Stirling Lee. The tower is constructed of ashlar and has a square plan topped with an octagonal copper pagoda roof. It features diagonal corner buttresses that support figures of angels near the top, which rise to form pinnacles, and gargoyles at the eaves. There is a side staircase turret and a clock on each face of the tower. An arcade runs below the eaves. The street facade includes a central door with a lintel that ramps upwards to a central sculpted figure, flanked by smaller figures and an inscription above the door that reads, "This tower was erected by James Nield Sykes Esq JP of Field Head, Lindley, for the benefit of his native village in 1902." Steps lead up to the door, and above it is a sculpted figure with small paired windows on either side featuring art nouveau tracery. A balcony is corbelled out below the clock. Edgar Wood, who designed this important work, was married to a member of the Sykes family.