Clock Tower is a Grade I listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. A Medieval Clock tower, secular belfry.

Clock Tower

WRENN ID
kindled-ashlar-russet
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
St Albans
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1950
Type
Clock tower, secular belfry
Period
Medieval
Source
Historic England listing

Description

HIGH STREET 1. (North Side) 1582 Clock Tower

TL 1407 SE 9/77 8.5.50. I

  1. Secular-belfry built 1403-1412. 4 stages. Flint walls with freestone dressings and stone battlemented. parapet over cornice with gargoyles at angles. Stone quoins of alternative blocks. Each stage slightly narrower than the one beneath, and marked by a stone string. Ground floor wide window under 4-centred, treble-chamfered arch. 2nd stage has 2 cusped, pointed windows under square heads, one above the other. 3rd stage has clock; and top stage has 2-light cusped ogee window with trefoils in spandrels, under square hood mould. RCHM VCH NMR. AM.

Listing NGR: TL1465107150

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