Clock Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Lewisham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1973. Tower.

Clock Tower

WRENN ID
gentle-plinth-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lewisham
Constituency
Lewisham North MP: Vicky Foxcroft (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 March 1973
Type
Tower
Address
Clock Tower, Lewisham High Street Se13
OS grid reference
TQ 383 755
Coordinates
51.46245, -0.01014
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Clock Tower, built in 1897 to celebrate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, is a Grade II listed structure located on Lewisham High Street. It is constructed from Portland stone and features three stages topped by a spire. The lowest stage serves as a plinth with a round-arched doorway. The middle stage displays two long round-arched sunk panels on each side. The third stage is adorned with four clock faces set within keyed circular architraves. The tower has octagonal angles that rise to form corner turrets, each topped with ball finials, and these turrets are connected by flying buttresses to the squat spire, which is crowned at the top.

Local climate

Clock Tower sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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