Town Clock - Canning Terrace - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire - Town Clocks on Waymarking.com

A town clock on a terrace of early Victorian almshouses at Canning Circus, Nottingham, designed by architect S. Sutton Rawlinson (visit link) . It was named after George Canning (visit link) , Prime Minister in 1827.

To the rear of them, through the arch below the clock, is Nottingham's General Cemetery.

A white glass face with black roman numerals and hands. The Original Clock that originally gave the time on the front of the almshouses is now preserved in the Industrial Museum at Wollaton Hall.

"Cemetery gatehouse flanked by almshouses. 1837-40. By SS Rawlinson for the General Cemetery Co. Restored c1985. Stucco and brick, with slate roofs and corniced stacks. Debased Classical style. Dentillated cornices. Symmetrical facade, with square gatehouse flanked by ranges of almshouses with pedimented centres. 2 storeys; 3/1/3 bays. Gatehouse has a recessed rusticated centre with a round carriage arch under a dentillated cornice. Projecting side bays have single windows, round-arched on the first floor. Central square clock tower, topped by a round-arched bell turret with cross pediments. On each side, a large stack. Similar rear elevation. Under the archway, 2 pairs of cast-iron gates and short flanking railings. The gates are marked "Falconer & Co., Derby, 1838". Almshouses have projecting centres and 3 symmetrically placed stacks. Round-arched ground floor openings with moulded heads and lintel band. In each bay, 2 glazing bar windows flanked by doors. Tripartite first floor windows with a narrow centre light. Centre window is flanked by shouldered blanks. Named for George Canning, Prime Minister in 1827."

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Status: Not Working Display: Mounted Year built: 01/01/1837 Web link to additional info: Not listed

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