Description

CHAFFCOMBE CP WHITEMOOR HILL (West side, off)
ST30NE
4/10 The Clock Turret about 180
metres east of Avishavs
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GV II

(Monmouth Tower on OS map). Clock tower, also known as The Castle. Probably a C19 folly. Local stone rubble, with some
flintwork, Ham stone dressings; lead sheet roofs, bell-hipped. Square plan, single-storey with turret. Plinth, string
and battlemented parapet; ogee-curved roof carries a square timber turret, recessed on corners, with similar bell-hip
roof topped with a ball finial, housing one bell;clock face an west side of turret: boarded door in simple opening on
west side of turret, and 2-light plain-mullioned rectangular-leaded windows on north and south sides having internal
vertical iron bars. Inside, a clock mechanism by Gillet and Johnson of Croydon, C20 but date not readable from outside:
interior not seen. Of considerable group value in an important C18 estate. (VCH Somerset, Vol IV, 1978, p124).

Listing NGR: ST3539509193

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26307819

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)