Gaywood War Memorial Clock Tower

War memorial clock tower of late Renaissance style and square on plan.

MATERIALS: the tower is of Weldon stone and Carrstone, beneath a stage of English oak and with a roof of cedar boards.

EXTERIOR: a stone clock tower fomed of an ashlar base with a projecting moulded band, beneath three tiers of Carrstone panels on each face. An upper stage of English Oak, with shallow pediments, contains a white clock face, with Roman-numerals, on each side. A square-headed doorway at ground-floor level in the southern side contains a wooden, three-panel door.

The uppermost part of the structure is of dark English oak with four circular apertures for the clock faces, each served by a bracketed lamp. The roof is of horizontal cedar boarding and is constructed with a steep pitch to form a square spire. The pediments are leaded and the roof is surmounted by a leaded ball finial.

On the north side of the memorial is a slab of Granite bearing the names of the fallen in the Great War, with a later commemorative panel on the east side for those who fell in the Second World War.

The Inscription reads: IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE/ WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE/ SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18/ (27 NAMES). The second plaque reads: IN MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIED THROUGH ENEMY ACTION TO PRESERVE FREEDOM AND JUSTICE DURING THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM (25 NAMES)

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Online. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 23 January 2017.