The Clock Tower

1. 5273 CENTRAL PARADE Herne Bay

The Clock Tower TR 1768 SE 1/7 29.9.51.

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2. Erected in 1836-7. Architect Edwin J Dangerfield. Portland stone. Round tower surrounded on the ground floor by 4 fluted Doric columns on each front (counting the corner ones twice) supporting a triglyph frieze and projecting cornice (of which the centre is recessed with a panel inserted) with 4 steps above. Inset on these steps stand 4 Corinthian columns surrounding the tower, with between them on the east and west fronts a round-headed niche with an architrave over supported on consoles. The columns support an entablature with dentilled cornice. Above this the tower is square, each face flanked by pilasters with leaf capitals and containing a clock face. Entablature and pediment above on each face, and then an octagonal cupola containing 4 round-headed openings with pilasters between them, cornice, parapet and dome over surmounted by pinnacle and weather vane. On the east and west fronts of the ground floor is a doorway in moulded architrave surround, wider at the bottom than the top, with pediment over supported on consoles and containing double doors of 6 fielded panels. The north and south fronts have window spaces in moulded architrave surrounds with cornice over of which that on the north side has been converted into a war memorial of the South African War. The panel inserted in the entablature of the ground floor on the east aide has the inscription: - "The gift of Mrs Ann Thwaites to this town, 11 October, A.D. 1837." 2 cannons now stand between the columns on the seaward side.

Listing NGR: TR1768968411

This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 30 November 2016