Listed Building: CLOCK TOWER IN PUBLIC GARDENS (394585)
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Grade | II |
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Authority | Historic England |
Volume/Map/Item | 738/7/308 |
Date assigned | 08 May 1975 |
Date last amended |
Description
WEST WALKS ROAD 1. 5l9l (West Side) Clock Tower in Public Gardens. SY 6890 7/308 II
2. l905. Cast iron on moulded granite plinth. Octagonal shaft each side, with 2 tiers of moulded panels and quatrefoil clustered colonnettes at corners,linked to each other by arches of drop tracery. Clock stage is 4-sided (4 clocks), the upper corners decorated with sphinxbusts on consoles. Entablature, cardinal sides crowned by small pediments. Onion dome, fish scales and elaborate weathervane. Cardinal sides have inscriptions at base level: "This clock and tower were presented to the Borough of Dorchester by Charles Hansford Esq A.D. 1905". Above this 2 cartouches placed above each other, lower with relief head of Charles Hansford, upper with relief of Borough Arms".
Listing NGR: SY6893890396
Location
Grid reference | SY 6893 9039 (point) |
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District (historic) | West Dorset |
Civil Parish | Dorchester; Dorset |
Unitary Authority | Dorset |
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Record last edited
Apr 29 2019 10:10AM