Nailsworth War Memorial Clock Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 2015. Clock tower.
Nailsworth War Memorial Clock Tower
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 2015
- Type
- Clock tower
- Address
- Nailsworth War Memorial Clock Tower, George Street, Gloucestershire, GL6 0AG
- OS grid reference
- ST 850 997
- Coordinates
- 51.69627, -2.21791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Nailsworth War Memorial Clock Tower is a war memorial designed by Peter Falconer and built between 1951 and 1952. It is constructed from limestone rubble with ashlar limestone dressings and has a square footprint, situated in a green area at the center of Nailsworth.
The exterior of the clock tower tapers slightly towards the top and features four equal faces made of rubble stone between ashlar quoins. The south-western face includes a moulded entrance doorway that contains a three-panelled, raised and fielded timber door, which has an engraved brass plaque. The plaque states: "THIS CLOCK TOWER ERECTED / IN 1951 STANDS AS A MEMORIAL / TO ALL THOSE OF THE CIVIL / PARISH OF NAILSWORTH / WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WARS / 1914-1918 AND 1939-1945." Each elevation displays a white clock face with black Roman numerals set within a moulded stone surround near the top. The tower is capped with a moulding from which plain, cylindrical pillars rise at each corner, supporting an overhanging square cap.
Inside, the tower contains a clock mechanism made by Gillett & Johnston, featuring ting-tang and strike gear that utilizes two bells cast by Joseph Rudhall in 1795 for the old Chapel of St George.
Local climate
Nailsworth War Memorial Clock Tower receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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