Description

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1380
TR 3570 NW 1/230

MARINE TERRACE
Clock Tower

II

Built in 1888-9 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887. Built of Kentish ragstone with Portland stone above. Small octagonal cupola and dome in cast iron surmounted by a weathervane and a Time Ball. 4 clock faces set in stone with heraldic beasts below and plaques with busts of Queen Victoria, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), Princess of Wales (later Queen Alexandra), and the Crown encircled by the word 'Jubilee' and the year '1887' (the original terracotta plaques by Doulton have since been replaced with copper repoussé panels).

Listing NGR: TR3517470755

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26634214

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Care and Repair
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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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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)