Christ Church Tower Clock - Sowerby Bridge, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 42.594 W 001° 54.460
30U E 572097 N 5951799
The square tower of Christ Church in Sowerby Bridge has a clock face on all four sides.
Waymark Code: WMTVRR
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/11/2017
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The church was erected in 1821 and is a Historic England Grade II Listed building with the following description of the tower.
"3 stages; off-set diagonal buttresses. West face - flat-headed 3-light window with 2-light window above to 1st stage; single-light window to 2nd stage; clock in base of 3-light window to 3rd stage; windows pointed-arched under hoodmoulds, some with headstops. Slit vents to right on all stages. Embattled parapet with pinnacles. North and south faces above the 2-storey additions are as west face, southern addition embattled with pointed-arch doorway and cusped tracery to windows."
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The clock faces are black with gold roman numerals and hands. The outer circle of the face has the minutes picked out with gold dots.