Description

MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM

SD4264 MARINE ROAD CENTRAL, Morecambe
939-1/5/43 (North side)
The Clock Tower

II

Clock tower. 1905 by Cressey and Keighley. Red brick with
sandstone banding and dressings. Of square plan above a
cruciform base with corner buttresses. The lowest stage has
bench seats under lead canopies. Above, under gablets, are
3-light mullioned windows. Below the clock stage there is a
lozenge window on each side. The clock stage is of sandstone
and carried on conrer corbels. The circular clock face
openings have keystones. Above is a tent roof with metal
finial. On the seaward side there are inscriptions: 'Presented
by John Robert Birkett Esq JP Mayor 1903 to 1906', and
'Cressey and Keighley, Architects'.

Listing NGR: SD4343064517

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569026

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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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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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)