Latitude: 53.7856 / 53°47'8"N
Longitude: -2.4081 / 2°24'29"W
OS Eastings: 373205
OS Northings: 432218
OS Grid: SD732322
Mapcode National: GBR CSMN.FQ
Mapcode Global: WH96W.Z3FQ
Plus Code: 9C5VQHPR+6P
Entry Name: Mercer Memorial Tower
Listing Date: 9 March 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1072737
English Heritage Legacy ID: 183883
ID on this website: 101072737
Location: Great Harwood, Hyndburn, Lancashire, BB6
County: Lancashire
District: Hyndburn
Electoral Ward/Division: Netherton
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Great Harwood
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lancashire
Church of England Parish: Great Harwood St Bartholomew and St John
Church of England Diocese: Blackburn
Tagged with: Tower
GREAT HARWOOD TOWN HALL SQUARE SD 73 SW 2/80 Mercer Memorial Tower - GV II
Memorial Clock Tower, 1903, to John Mercer (1791-1866: industrial chemist, inventor of "mercerisation"), by A.H. Dunkin (Surveyor to Urban District Council); clock by William Potts & Sons of Leeds. Sandstone ashlar with red Scotch granite shafts and colonnettes, copper-clad dome. Free Baroque style. Square base carrying a 2-stage domed turret. Open base of 4 rounded arches with shafts and keystones, the corners clasped by banded Ionic pilasters, has lettered tablets over the archies, a moulded cornice, and a balustrade with large finials at the corners. Turret has tall 1st stage with pilastered diagonal corners and tall narrow windows with Gibbs surrounds; short 2nd stage has 4 clock faces, paired colonnettes at the corners, prominent octagonal cornice, and a copper-clad dome with louvres at the angles and a finial. (History: Louie Pollard Great Harwood Gleanings pp. 117-8).
Listing NGR: SD7320532218
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