Description

ROTHBURY CRAGSIDE LODGE
NU 0602
23/280 Clock Tower 110
metres north-east
22.12.81
of Cragside Park
House (formerly
listed as Clock
Tower at Knocklaw)
GV II*

Clock Tower, 1864 for Lord Armstrong. Squared tooled stone with raised tooled
dressings and clock stage; Welsh slate roof to lower part, timber cupola with
lead spire.

South elevation has vertical-panelled door in chamfered pointed arch, other
elevations have lead-latticed casements in similar openings, all under gables
with cruciform loops. Octagonal clock stage, with 4 clock faces, and cupola
with shouldered arches carrying swept spire with weathervane.

Interior; 2 transverse round arches carrying superstructure. Clock mechanism,
giving day of week etc, in early cast-iron frame. Bell dated 1864 by John
Warner and Son, London (not seen).

The clock tower was the original pay office for the Cragside Estate. The
clock mechanism may have been designed by Lord Armstrong.

Listing NGR: NU0699902152

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17546976

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990