Clock Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Wolverhampton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1992. Clock tower.
Clock Tower
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-lime-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wolverhampton
- Constituency
- Wolverhampton South East MP: Pat McFadden (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1992
- Type
- Clock tower
- Address
- Clock Tower, City of Wolverhampton
- OS grid reference
- SO 935 978
- Coordinates
- 52.57859, -2.09702
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clock Tower, built in 1895, is a notable structure in Wolverhampton, possibly designed by Dan Gibson. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a rock-faced plinth. The plinth is battered and includes a round-headed entrance on the south-west side. Each face of the tower is adorned with pilasters that have fluting at the top and a cornice, with high round-headed openings. The square top stage has fluted pilasters and pediments above round openings for clock faces, although only one clock face remains in place. The tower is topped with a short spire and a weathervane. A polished granite plaque on the north-east side commemorates its erection as a memorial to J. Lysaght by the employees of Swan Garden and Osier Bed Ironworks. The surrounding park was designed by T.H. Mawson, with contributions from Dan Gibson.
Local climate
Clock Tower receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% 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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