Nottingham City Contract Works - Eastcroft Depot, London Rd - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire - Town Clocks on Waymarking.com

Clock tower on the former Eastcroft Depot Offices, now Nottingham City Contract Works, London Road, Nottingham.

The clocks on 4 faces of the octagonal tower have white clock faces with black roman numerals and hands.

"Formerly known as: Eastcroft Depot Offices LONDON ROAD.
Former Eastcroft Depot offices, now contract works. c1880, altered late C20. Red brick with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. 4 brick stacks. 2 storeys with attics. Main, north front, 11 windows arranged 2;2;1;2;2;2. Off-centre entrance has projecting porch with 2 shouldered ashlar archways with a pierced parapet over. Above, a plain sash, then a tiny lancet at the base of a square tower, above an octagonal stage with 2 tall blind panels to each face with ashlar corbels supporting an octagonal tile hung clock stage with a clock to the 4 main faces. Above a short octagonal spire with dormers. To the right 2 pairs of plain sashes and beyond a single sash and a door with overlight. Above 3 pairs of plain sashes with lower panels. Above again 2 raking dormers. To the left a 2-storey gabled wing with a pair of plain sashes and above 2 further sashes with a decorated relieving arch. Beyond a set back wing with a 2-storey canted bay window each with 4 sashes. West front has another 2-storey canted bay window each with 4 sashes, a door with overlight and a square bay window above with a pair of sashes. Beyond 3 pairs of plain sashes and above 3 single sashes."

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Status: Working Display: Mounted Year built: 01/01/1880 Web link to additional info: Not listed

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