The Clock Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1958. Clock tower. 3 related planning applications.
The Clock Tower
- WRENN ID
- leaning-copper-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1958
- Type
- Clock tower
- Address
- The Clock Tower, High Street, Watton, IP25 6AE
- OS grid reference
- TF 915 008
- Coordinates
- 52.57152, 0.8253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clock Tower is a lock-up and clock tower dated 1679, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed of rendered brick and has two storeys. The building features two square-headed doors with flat hoods on labels, which were changed from the original arched doors in the early 19th century. A flat string course rises to enclose a clock from 1825, which is situated under a pediment. Below this, there is a recessed panel that includes a datestone. Above the pediment, two 4-centred timber arches protrude. The arms of Watton are represented above in the form of a rebus, depicting a hare (Wat) and a barrel (Tun). The tower is topped with a battlemented parapet that has a frieze of brick panels featuring diaper and fleur-de-lys patterns. A timber cupola was added in 1820, complete with a copper cap and weather vane.
Local climate
The Clock Tower sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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