Clock Tower, Clevedon
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A Victorian
Clock Tower
located in the heart of the Triangle shopping centre in Clevedon
, Somerset
, England. It has been designated as a Grade II listed building.
, also made from Elton Ware pottery, provided by his grandson Sir Edmund Elton
, both residents of nearby Clevedon Court
. At the base of the tower is a drinking fountain, but it has been out of use for many years.
Victorian era
The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...
Clock Tower
Clock tower
A clock tower is a tower specifically built with one or more clock faces. Clock towers can be either freestanding or part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall. Some clock towers are not true clock towers having had their clock faces added to an already existing building...
located in the heart of the Triangle shopping centre in Clevedon
Clevedon
Clevedon is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, which covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset, England...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
, England. It has been designated as a Grade II listed building.
History
The clock tower was given to the town in the late 19th century by Sir Charles Elton to commemorate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria , and is decorated with Elton Ware pottery tiles, and an image of Father TimeFather Time
Father Time is usually depicted as an elderly bearded man, somewhat worse for wear, dressed in a robe, carrying a scythe and an hourglass or other timekeeping device...
, also made from Elton Ware pottery, provided by his grandson Sir Edmund Elton
Sir Edmund Elton, 8th Baronet
Sir Edmund Harry Elton, 8th Baronet was an English inventor and studio potter noted for his production of Elton Ware at the Clevedon Elton Sunflower Pottery....
, both residents of nearby Clevedon Court
Clevedon Court
Clevedon Court is a manor house on Court Hill in Clevedon, North Somerset, England, dating from the early fourteenth century. It is now owned by the National Trust. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.-History:...
. At the base of the tower is a drinking fountain, but it has been out of use for many years.