Chamberlain Clock Tower from University Road - clock faces
Got these shots while I was capturing The Barber Institute.
Is that bird muck or snow on the clock tower? (there is snow on the rim of the clock - I mean the white muck above it).
It is a Grade II listed building. It is also known as the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, with the nicknames Old Joe, Big Joe or simply Clock Tower.
It was built to commemorate the first Chancellor of the University - Joseph Chamberlain. One of the suggested names was Poynting Tower, after one of the early professors of the University - Professor John Henry Poynting.
It was designed as an initial part of the University Campus by the architects Aston Webb and Ingress Bell. It was constructed between 1900 and 1908.
The centre focal point of the D plan group of main university
buildings designed
by Sir Aston Webb and Ingress Bell, 1900-1909. Dramatically soaring
bright,
machined red brick campanile clock tower of tapering square section
rising sheer
from the forecourt with a corbelled top stage and lantern.
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Chris (= lisa thatsme) (40 months ago | reply)
You added it here a while ago, but it is still very nice! And about time (forgive the pun!) it got a compliment!
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ell brown (40 months ago | reply)
Thanks for liking it. And for the award.
Maria Sole72 (27 months ago | reply)