Description

SU 88 SE
1/50

STATION APPROACH (east end)
The Clocktower

II

1897, by E.J. Shrewsbury brick with Bath stone dressings, square plan with square projections on angle at each corner. Stone crenellated parapet, stone "pepper pots" on each corner, whole surmounted by timber framed cupola containing bell, with octagonal copper domed roof and ornate iron finial. Cornice below parapet with mythical beasts at each corner. Clock face in stone surround with quatrefoil ornament on each side gothic stone arcading below and stone string above single Lancet window with shallow cusped head.

Base with stone plinth and two-centred arched opening beneath ogee drip mould, tracery in spandrels. One side has entrance door, the other drinking fountain, one window and one commemorative stone plaque to Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee 1897.

Listing NGR: SU8880080791

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26605436

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)