Clock Tower, Glencorse Barracks, Penicuik is a Grade A listed building in the Midlothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 January 1971. Clock tower.
Clock Tower, Glencorse Barracks, Penicuik
- WRENN ID
- upper-rampart-martin
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Midlothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 22 January 1971
- Type
- Clock tower
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Circa 1810. 4-stage octagonal clock tower containing prison cells/ guard rooms. Squared and coursed, stugged sandstone, base course, raised cills, cill band to 4th stage.
Originally with 4 doors on alternate faces, 1 now blocked as window, 2 others brick-blocked internally. Rectangular, tablet-like windows now blocked with stone or brick, with small ventilation louvres, to each stage of alternate flanks and above each stage where doors at ground, those to 4th stage under the eaves with remnants of former bars. Clock (now modern) fill oculi on 4 of the faces where door/ former door at ground.
Polygonal roof (almost conical), flattened at apex with flagpole, overhanging eaves with exposed rafters.
INTERIOR: stone spiral staircase to centre with cells radiating off. Timber floors. Boarded doors. Water tank now suitably housed.
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