Clock Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1973. Clock tower. 2 related planning applications.
Clock Tower
- WRENN ID
- tenth-rotunda-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thanet
- Constituency
- East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1973
- Type
- Clock tower
- Address
- Clock Tower, Marine Terrace, CT9 1DH
- OS grid reference
- TR 351 707
- Coordinates
- 51.38709, 1.37868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clock Tower, built in 1888-1889, commemorates Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887. It is constructed from Kentish ragstone with Portland stone above. The tower features a small octagonal cupola and dome made of cast iron, topped with a weathervane and a Time Ball. There are four clock faces set in stone, each adorned with heraldic beasts below. Additionally, there are plaques displaying busts of Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales (who later became King Edward VII), the Princess of Wales (who later became Queen Alexandra), and the Crown, which is encircled by the word 'Jubilee' and the year '1887'. The original terracotta plaques by Doulton have been replaced with copper repoussé panels.
Local climate
Clock Tower sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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