Description

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ROTHWELL
Rothwell
WOOD LANE (south side) LS26
Clock Tower at St.George's Hospital

II

Clock and water tower with chimney attached. Late C19. Red brick with ashlar dressings, part timber-framed; Welsh slate roof. two stages. Lower stage battered with giant, round-arched, blind arcading rising from band and with imposts, and cornice above; the arches are narrow and on the west side have windows at three levels. The top of the first stage is stepped and above is cantilevered balcony on brackets around timber-framed second stage which has central clock face to three sides and deep cornice rising over clock faces; pyramidal roof with finial; against the fourth side is the tapering brick stack which rises above the tower and has offsets, bands and swept cap.

Boilerhouse buildings and outbuildings at base of tower, not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SE3301029032

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26599627

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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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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)