St Andrew's Church Clock - Coniston, Cumbria, England, UK. - Town Clocks on Waymarking.com

The Parish Church of St Andrew is located on Hawkshead Road in the centre of Coniston.
The Grade II Listed building was designed by J. Matson and was built in 1819. It is constructed of slate with ashlar dressings and slate roof. The building features a west tower with embattled parapet, clock and paired stone-louvred bell openings. (visit link)

The 3- face clock is located on the tower below the paired stone-louvred bell openings. The black circular clock faces are edged with gold. They have gold roman numerals, minute marks, hour hands and decorative minute hands. The name of the clockmaker Gillet Croydon is also located on the clock face.
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"Gillett & Johnston was a clockmaker and bell foundry based in Croydon, England from 1844 until 1957. Between 1844 and 1950, over 14,000 tower clocks were made at the works.The company's most successful and prominent period of activity as a bellfounder was in the 1920s and 1930s, when it was responsible for supplying many important bells and carillons for sites across Britain and around the world." (visit link)
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"The present church replaced an earlier church of 1586 built by William Le Fleming. The chancel and the low bays were added in 1891. The Baptistry West window of St Andrew has stained glass by Charles Kempe.
Many of the features in the Church worthy of mention refer back to the patrons and benefactors of Coniston – the Le Fleming family, who built Coniston Hall in 1270, and who have remained there until recent times, and the Barratt family who established themselves in Coniston in the 1820’s to develop the copper mines.

In the churchyard is the grave of John Ruskin, who died at Brantwood of influenza on 20 Jan 1900. His grave is marked with a large carved cross made from green slate from the local quarry at Tilberthwaite.
It was carved by H.T. Miles, to a design by W.G. Collingwood, who was an expert on Anglo-Saxon crosses, with symbols depicting important aspects of Ruskin’s work and life.

W.G. Collingwood, who is buried nearby with his family, also designed the war memorial, a Celtic Cross, near the South porch." Source: (visit link)
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Status: Working Display: Mounted Year built: Not listed Web link to additional info: Not listed

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