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Brighton Clock Tower
Mar. 20th, 2014 09:13 amAfter the lunch club meeting i walked up North Street towards the clock tower that is at the centre of the city. I took a few photos of the clock tower.
It was built in 1888 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. the distinctive structure included innovative structural features and has become a landmark in the popular and fashionable seaside resort.
The Clock Tower is a Classical-style structure with Baroque touches. It rises to 75 feet (23 m), and the mast for Volk's time ball adds a further 16 feet (4.9 m). The four clock faces have a diameter of 5 feet (1.5 m). James Willing and 1887 are inscribed on the clock faces. The square base is of pink granite, as are the Corinthian columns on each shaft; the rest of the structure is of Portland stone.
On each side, the tapering columns rise part way up the shaft and are topped by pediments with open bases, below which is elaborately carved scrollwork and a protuberance designed to resemble the gunwale of a ship. Incised lettering on each ship indicates where they are pointing: clockwise from north, they show "to the Station, "to Kemp Town, to the Sea and to Hove". I would like to say "Hove actually" ,an in-joke if you had lived in the area, and it was the next stop on my day trip to the city.
It was built in 1888 to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. the distinctive structure included innovative structural features and has become a landmark in the popular and fashionable seaside resort.
The Clock Tower is a Classical-style structure with Baroque touches. It rises to 75 feet (23 m), and the mast for Volk's time ball adds a further 16 feet (4.9 m). The four clock faces have a diameter of 5 feet (1.5 m). James Willing and 1887 are inscribed on the clock faces. The square base is of pink granite, as are the Corinthian columns on each shaft; the rest of the structure is of Portland stone.
On each side, the tapering columns rise part way up the shaft and are topped by pediments with open bases, below which is elaborately carved scrollwork and a protuberance designed to resemble the gunwale of a ship. Incised lettering on each ship indicates where they are pointing: clockwise from north, they show "to the Station, "to Kemp Town, to the Sea and to Hove". I would like to say "Hove actually" ,an in-joke if you had lived in the area, and it was the next stop on my day trip to the city.
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