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Pages in category "Clock towers in the United Kingdom" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of clock towers in the United Kingdom. [1] Name City/Town County Built Image Notes Abberley Clock Tower: Abberley: Worcestershire: 1883/84 [2] Clock ...
A clock tower is a tower specifically built with one or more (often four) clock faces. Clock towers can be either freestanding or part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall. The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock which often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding large bells or chimes ...
United Kingdom: Liverpool: Clocks faces on two towers 7.6 m (25 ft) diameter. Building part of the World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City [40] 25: Elizabeth Tower: 96 m (315 ft) 4: Yes: 1859: Tower Building: Clock Tower/Government: United Kingdom: London: Clock faces are 7 m (23 ft). Commonly known as 'Big Ben', although this is the name of ...
Clock tower: USA: Minneapolis: Largest four-face chiming clock in the world. Clock tower is 105 m (344 ft). Minute hands are 4.3 m (14 ft) [26] 35: Elizabeth Tower: 7 m (23 ft) 4: Yes: 1859: Clock Tower: United Kingdom: London: Clock tower is 96 m (315 ft) tall. Commonly known as 'Big Ben', although this is accurately the name of the largest ...
Old Joe in Birmingham, England – the tallest freestanding clock tower in the world. The tallest freestanding clock tower in the world is the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower (Old Joe) at the University of Birmingham in Birmingham, United Kingdom. [8] The tower stands at 100 metres (330 feet) tall and was completed in 1908.
The tower remained the tallest structure in Birmingham until 1965, when construction on the 152 m (498.7 ft) tall BT Tower was completed in the Jewellery Quarter area of the city. However, Old Joe is still one of the fifty tallest buildings in the UK. [5] The asteroid 10515 Old Joe, discovered in 1989, is named in the clock tower's honour. [12]
Completed in 1859, the tower is designed in Pugin's Gothic Revival style and is 316 feet (96.3 m) high, making it the third tallest clock tower in the UK. Its dials (at the centre) are 180 feet (54.9 m) above ground level.