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Picton Clock Tower

Coordinates: 53°23′54″N 2°54′57″W / 53.3982°N 2.9158°W / 53.3982; -2.9158 (Picton Clock Tower, Liverpool)
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53°23′54″N 2°54′57″W / 53.3982°N 2.9158°W / 53.3982; -2.9158 (Picton Clock Tower, Liverpool)

Picton Clock Tower
LocationWavertree, Liverpool
Built1884
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated14 March 1975[1]
Reference no.1206131

Picton Clock Tower is a 19th-century Grade II listed clock tower located in Wavertree, Liverpool, England. Built in 1884 and designed by James Picton, the tower is a memorial to the architect's wife Sarah Pooley, who had died in 1879.[2][3]

Architecture

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Renaissance in its style, the tower consists of three sections mounted upon a rusticated base and surrounded on four sides by iron street lamps which feature dolphins at their base. On the lower section walls, there are three stone plaques on each side and an access door to the tower, above these are roundels with urns at each corners. Above these are round-headed windows which are topped with a clock face in each direction. At the very top of the tower is a spire with lead cupola.[4]

Plaques

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The tower has plaques on three of its sides with two being poems and one a dedication to James Picton's wife Sarah Pooley.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Clock Tower, and 4 Iron Lamps". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Wavertree #3: Picton Clock Tower". liverpooletc.com. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  3. ^ Pollard, Richard (2006). Lancashire: Liverpool and the Southwest. Yale University Press. p. 497. ISBN 978-0300109108.
  4. ^ "SJ3989 : Picton Clock Tower". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2017.