Clock Tower on the Esplanade is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1997. Clock tower. 1 related planning application.

Clock Tower on the Esplanade

WRENN ID
outer-jamb-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 October 1997
Type
Clock tower
Address
Clock Tower on the Esplanade, Esplanade Road, Ventnor
OS grid reference
SZ 562 773
Coordinates
50.5932, -1.20732
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The clock tower on the Esplanade in Ventnor was built around the 1860s. It is made of painted ashlar and features pointed arch panels on each side of the shaft, which has stop-chamfered corners. The tower stands on a square plinth and has a gabled clock stage at the top, which is topped with a stone roof. Below the clock stage is a moulded string, and there are round dials on each side of the tower, although the clock faces have been replaced. The metal spike finial is missing.

Local climate

Clock Tower on the Esplanade 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 greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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