Clock Tower Including Part of Former County Jail is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1972. Clock tower.
Clock Tower Including Part of Former County Jail
- WRENN ID
- vast-lead-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- Salisbury MP: John Glen (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1972
- Type
- Clock tower
- Address
- Clock Tower Including Part of Former County Jail, Fisherton Street, Salisbury
- OS grid reference
- SU 142 299
- Coordinates
- 51.06866, -1.79867
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clock Tower, which includes part of the former County Jail, was built in 1892 and is designed in the Gothic style. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features decorative bands, a pointed niche, and two lancet windows in the upper section. The base is buttressed and has a niche on the street-facing side with an inscription. The clock faces are flanked by columns, and the tower is topped with a pierced parapet and a pyramid roof that has a weathervane. The rectangular ashlar base is a remnant of the County Jail, which dates back to 1631 and has undergone Georgian alterations. There are two small rectangular barred windows on the east side and a door that has been inserted into the street. On the west wall, there is a plaque with a shaped top featuring a relief carving of three leg irons with swagged chains.
Local climate
Clock Tower Including Part of Former County Jail receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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