Market Clock in centre, by the Post Office

Market Clock, Market Place, Thirsk, YO7 1TF

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1314937
Date first listed:: 15-Jun-1984
List Entry Name:: Market Clock in centre, by the Post Office
Statutory Address:: Market Clock, Market Place, Thirsk, YO7 1TF

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1314937
Date first listed:: 15-Jun-1984
List Entry Name:: Market Clock in centre, by the Post Office
Statutory Address 1:: Market Clock, Market Place, Thirsk, YO7 1TF

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Market Clock, Market Place, Thirsk, YO7 1TF

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District:: North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Thirsk
National Grid Reference:: SE 42962 82088

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THIRSK MARKET PLACE in centre, by the Post Office Market Clock

II Freestanding clock commemorating the marriage of the Duke of York and Princess Mary of Teck in 1896. Restored 1956, according to inscription on plaque on the south side of the plinth. Ashlar with four detached corner shafts in pink stone. Free Gothic style. Square in plan. Plinth with set-offs has a plaque on the south side; a four-centred arched doorway with wooden door on the north side; a sunk quatrefoil on the east and a water fountain under an arch and gable on the west side. Above, four clock faces under gables surmounted by a pinnacle.

Listing NGR: SE4296282088

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Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.