Listed Building: CLOCK TOWER BUILDING NORTH WEST OF DORFOLD HALL (1330149)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 1651, 4, 8
Date assigned 04 July 1986
Date last amended

Description

ACTON C.P. DORFOLD PARK SJ 65 SW Clock tower building 4/8 north-west of Dorfold - Hall GV II Clock tower with carriage house below, circa 1862. Red brick with slate roof. 2 storeys and tower, 1 bay. Pair of large six panel doors, on strap hinges, hung to stone blocks. The doors are surmounted by a lunette, with keystone, filled with six panels. At first floor level there is a 2-light, stone dressed, mullion window, with leaded glazing. Gable roof with stone kneelers supporting a blue tile gable coping. In the west elevation a small boarded door, in heavy frame, gives access to the tower. The tower has a weathered band at ridge level, double stone dressed louvred openings, to each face, and clock dials, in stone frames, with level sills off consoles and equilateral stone pediments with pyramid finials. There is a moulded terracotta corbel table to eaves, a steep roof of shaped slates and lead hips. The tower has a tall wooden finial with metal flag and weather-vane. Interior: First floor and stairs and ladders leading to the clock mechanism. Listing NGR: SJ6354452520

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Sources (2)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 56920. [Mapped features: #21280 56920; #21281 56920]
  • Written Communication: Historic England. From 2015. Notification of inclusion, amendment or removal from the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Wade P, 06/12/2017.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 6353 5252 (8m by 9m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ65SW
Civil Parish ACTON, CREWE AND NANTWICH, CHESHIRE EAST

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Record last edited

Jan 2 2018 1:52PM