Description

TQ 1867 NW
TQ 1867 SW
11A/9
11B/9

KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES
CLAREMONT ROAD
Clock Tower

II

Square, stone-faced Gothic clock tower erected 1905-1906.

The tower has four stages. Each face is similar. The bottom stage rises from a stepped base. It has diagonal buttresses and a recessed niche crowned with an arched, cusped canopy, side pinnacles, gablet containing oculus and finial. The niche on the south side contains a bronze, oval medallion with bust of Edward VII. The second stage is blank, except for two small loopholes and a small trefoil. The third stage contains a triple lancet window with louvred lights. Cornice above. The top stage, containing the clock faces, is corbelled out slightly. The clock faces are set beneath gablets with carved label stops and finials. There are corner pinnacles and the stage is crowned with stone lantern carried on flying buttresses, with a spirelet and carved finial and wrought iron weather vane incorporating the letters 'A.E.'.

Listing NGR: TQ1806467501

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26354465

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)