All Saints Church - Newby Place, Poplar, London, UK
N 51° 30.630 W 000° 00.720
30U E 707336 N 5710830
The square tower is at the west end of the church and has a lantern atop it, where the clock is housed, and above that a spire. Construction of the church started in 1817 and it was consecrated in July 1823.
Waymark Code: WMFQ2C
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/16/2012
Views: 2
The church has four clock faces, mounted on the lantern, one facing each of the cardinal points of the compass: North, South, East and West. The lantern was constructed with the clocks in mind, or may have been added later when war time damage was rectified. The clock faces are mounted on Portland stone and have carved stonework around the top and sides of the faces.
All four faces are identical so only one is described here.
The face is round and black apart from a disc at the centre of the face that is gold in colour. The disc has black lines upon it that form a six-sided cross.
The minute marks are gold coloured rectangles around the edge of the face apart from the five minute marks that are triangular shaped, alos gold coloured, with their apexes pointing to the centre of the face.
The hour marks, also gold in colour, are traditional Roman numerals for a clock face with 'IIII' being used instead of 'IV' for the four. Both the hour and minute marks are painted onto the face.
The hands, also gold in colour, are rather slender with arrow-type heads as the pointers. Neither hand has a tail.
Status: Working
Display: Mounted
Year built: Not listed
Web link to additional info: Not listed
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