Description

MORECAMBE AND HEYSHAM

SD4264 MARINE ROAD CENTRAL, Morecambe
939-1/5/43 (North side)
The Clock Tower

II

Clock tower. 1905 by Cressey and Keighley. Red brick with
sandstone banding and dressings. Of square plan above a
cruciform base with corner buttresses. The lowest stage has
bench seats under lead canopies. Above, under gablets, are
3-light mullioned windows. Below the clock stage there is a
lozenge window on each side. The clock stage is of sandstone
and carried on conrer corbels. The circular clock face
openings have keystones. Above is a tent roof with metal
finial. On the seaward side there are inscriptions: 'Presented
by John Robert Birkett Esq JP Mayor 1903 to 1906', and
'Cressey and Keighley, Architects'.

Listing NGR: SD4343064517

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569026

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)