Clock Turret in Station Approach is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Anglesey local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 July 1994. Clock tower.
Clock Turret in Station Approach
- WRENN ID
- hidden-cobalt-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Constituency
- Ynys Môn MP: Llinos Medi (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 July 1994
- Type
- Clock tower
- Address
- Clock Turret in Station Approach, Holyhead
- OS grid reference
- SH 247 821
- Coordinates
- 53.30736, -4.63121
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Clock Turret in Station Approach is a Grade II listed structure. Each side features a clock face with Roman numerals, set within an aedicule, and the clock was made by Joyce of Whitchurch. Below the clock face are ribands, and the turret is topped with an urn finial on a pyramidal roof. The lower stage of the turret has Ionic columns at the corners that support a moulded cornice. There are plaques with swan-necked pediments and inscriptions. The base has a panelled plinth and a small doorway on the south side.
Local climate
Clock Turret in Station Approach sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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