New Bradwell War Memorial Clock Tower

Clock tower, built as a Second World War memorial. The tower stands within an area of formal gardens.

MATERIALS: red brick set in Flemish bond, with lead cappings.

DESCRIPTION: a tapering tower rising in two stages, the lower stage forming the majority of the structure, and the upper stage being square in form. A recessed cross is set into the north elevation, above a doorway. There are windows with wide brick mullions to the west and east sides. Clock faces are positioned on the west and east faces of the upper stage: the numbers are represented by circular points. Above the doorway is a bronze plaque carrying the following inscription, with the well-known quotation from Laurence Binyon's poem 'For the Fallen' : ‘BRITISH LEGION/ NEW BRADWELL & DISTRICT BRANCH/ IN MEMORIAM/ THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD./ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN./ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING,/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM./ SEPTEMBER 2nd 1962.’