Listed Building: THE CLOCK TOWER (3.54.147)

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Grade II
Authority
EH LBS Legacy ID 385005
Date assigned 12 February 1990
Date last amended

Description

Office building with clock tower. c1860. Red brick and render with ashlar dressings. Slate hipped roofs. Moulded first floor band, and eaves cornice. 2 storey office with 3 storey clock tower to the north west. South east, river front has a pair of 3 light windows within an ashlar arcade with 7 round arches and 6 columns. Above a similar pair of windows within an arcaded surround. Above a pyramidal hipped roof with a continuous dormer window, each face has 10 lights with circular glazing. The roof is crowned by a tall triple chimney stack. North east front has an off-centre C20 doorway with to the left a canted bay window and the right a former round headed doorway with inserted windows beyond 2 segment head windows. Above a further pair of 3 light windows within an ashlar, arcaded surround. Set back to the right a round headed doorway with flanking side lights, and a single round headed window to the right, above a double and a single round headed window, all with moulded ashlar surrounds. North west front has a single blocked doorway in an ashlar surround, and an inserted C20 doorway to the right, above a single round headed window in ashlar surround. South west front has 2 round head windows, and above a single and a double round headed window plus a pair of 3 light windows within an arcaded surround. Over the slightly projecting off-centre bay rises a single stage, rendered, square clock tower. Each front is articulated with 2 pairs of Doric pilasters flanking a central round headed sash window, and topped by a full entablature. Above an ornate gable with round clock face. Above in a pyramidal roof a round headed lucarne. The whole topped by an iron balustrade and a flag pole. (EH)

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 79670 54216 (18m by 13m)
Map sheet SK75SE
District Newark
Civil Parish Newark, Newark

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Nov 20 2017 1:38PM

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