Hodge House Castle Clock - Cardiff, Capital of Wales.
N 51° 28.788 W 003° 10.763
30U E 487543 N 5703197
Hodge House Castle Clock has four faces each over 6 feet across, enclosed in a square, castle like tower atop the Hodge House building. Located St Mary's Street, Cardiff, South Wales.
Waymark Code: WMRX3A
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/16/2016
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Hodge House Clock - The castle like cupola, clock housing is set back from the roof line & the front of the building, making it almost impossible to view the clock from the street below, & in front of the building.
The Clock face is a translucent white, with a faded, gilded, spider web design at its center.
The Hour & Minute hands & the outer rail track minute dividers are black. The hands have frozen in time at Ten past Seven, so I guess the clock is non working.
The 3,6,9 & 12 hour markers, are round white discs with four dots, giving a slightly hexagonal appearance.
The 1,2, 4,5, 7,8 & 10,11. Hour markers, are pairs of parallel lines painted black.
From the British Listed buildings Website:
"Built 1915 on site of Cardiff's Victorian town hall. Built for Co-operative Wholesale Society in a style derived from Edwardian buildings in Regent Street, London.
Exterior
Large Portland Stone faced commercial building in classicising style with French Details. Enriched with cartouches, garlands, relief window aprons etc. Six storeys including attic; square clock tower; on grey plinth of Forest of Dean stone.
St Mary Street frontage of 11 bays. Seven bays of tripartite "Chicago" windows, but paired windows to advanced 2nd and 10th bays, and single windows to narrow end bays. Balustraded parapet, central window, stepped up. Top storey has cornices over windows. Central bay advanced with open pediment, entrance portal (grey stone) with in antis treatment. Channelled ground and first floors. To Guildhall Place, 3 bays as front (including attic), then shallow splayed bay with broad segmentally-arched doorway; two bays without attic plus slightly advanced 1-window bay." Text Source" (
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