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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26578928

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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