Farley Clock Tower

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

SANDWELL MB CARTERS GREEN SO 99 SE West Bromwich 4/54 Farley Clock Tower

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Clock tower. 1897 by Edward Pincher with relief panels by Albert Hopkins.

Red brick and terra cotta. Square plan. The base has a continuous inscription below a moulded string: "This tower was erected in recognition of the public services of Alderman Reuben Farley JP". On three sides there are relief panels of the Town Hall, Oak House and Reuben Farley. On the east side there is a doorway with round head and moulded decoration. The upper stages of the tower have clasping buttresses terminating in octagonal pinnacles. Above the clock stage and below a cornice are three open arches on each side. The tower is surmounted by an openwork dome with finial and weather vane.

Listing NGR: SO9976991846

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This is part of the Series: IOE01/1018 IOE Records taken by John M Holt; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

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© Mr John M Holt. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project