List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CLOCK TOWER AND ATTACHED RAILINGS
List Entry Number: 1380624
Location
CLOCK TOWER AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, NORTH STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: The City of Brighton and Hove
District Type: Unitary Authority
Parish: Non Civil Parish
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 26-Aug-1999
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 480947
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History
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Details
BRIGHTON
TQ3004SE NORTH STREET
577-1/39/606 (North side)
Clock tower and attached railings
II
Jubilee clock tower. 1888. Designed by John Johnson, built by
JT Chappell and donated by James Willing whose name, and the
date of the jubilee, 1887, are on the clock face. Portland
stone and pink polished granite, roof of copper. Square in
plan, the lower part having an aedicule on each of the 4
sides; base of pink polished granite with panelled Portland
stone above; on each front Corinthian columns stand in front
of pilasters of pink polished granite, supporting an
entablature with a frieze of scrolling ornament and an open
pediment; from the frieze, on each side, a ship projects far
enough to be lettered on the gunwale, on the west 'TO HOVE',
on the south 'TO THE SEA', on the east 'TO KEMP TOWN', and on
the north 'TO THE STATION'. The aedicule frames a round-arched
panel with a roundel portrait of, on the west, the Princess of
Wales, on the south, Prince Albert, on the east, the Prince of
Wales, and on the north, Queen Victoria; life-size female
figures seated at the corners between the aedicules. The upper
stage has blocked pilasters as quoins and banded rustication
with pendants either side of the 4 clock faces; frieze of
balusters; dentil and modillion cornice; octagonal roof with,
on the 4 sides, cartouches between putti with lucarnes above,
and urns at the corner; domed roof of copper, with a crown on
top carrying a metal globe at the foot of a mast; this was a
time ball designed by Magnus Volk, which rose and fell on the
hour, but was abandoned after a few years because of
complaints about the noise; weather vane with the initials JW.
Iron railings with scrolled panels, and urn and spearhead
finials, attached to clock tower to north and east, and also
framing entrances to public lavatories.
(Carder T: The Encyclopedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990-).
Listing NGR: TQ3084904327
Selected Sources
Books and journalsCarder, T, Encyclopaedia of Brighton, (1990)
Map
National Grid Reference: TQ 30849 04327
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