Description

1.
5118 SISTON TOWER ROAD NORTH
Slab
[formerly listed
as The Pottery
(original block)]
ST 67 SE 4/46 11.5.53
II
2.
(Derived from "Arts Laboratory"). Embodies William Champion's brass foundry.
Clock Tower 1743. Roughly oblong block of rubble with black slag quoins to
south and hipped pantile roof. Three storeys, 4 windows, small pane fixed
lights in brick-lined cambered head openings. Three plain doors to ground
floor, one double. Second bay from right on upper floor has hoist opening
rising above eaves level into gabled dormer. Clock tower breaks forward to
left, rises to ridge level, has gabled pantile roof (saddleback type) and black
slag quoins, possibly formerly an annealing oven. The upper floor houses an
C18 bell and clock with octagonal external dial. Boarded up cambered head
opening to first floor. Plain door to ground floor. Links with 3 storey one
window building to west also with black slag quoins, lower part built of black
slag 'ashlar', west corners moulded.

Listing NGR: ST6698772818

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26567434

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings