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Amble War Memorial Clock Tower 1041896

• geometry: MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.581330 55.334838,-1.581263 55.334880,-1.581326...
• entry-date: 2018-05-22
• listed-building: 1041896
• name: Amble War Memorial Clock Tower
• notes: AMBLE QUEEN STREET NU 2604 (South side) 13/57 Clock Tower War Memorial GV II Clock Tower as World War I memorial, 1925 by Will Burton, council surveyor. Squared stone with ashlar dressings; white marble panels with leaded inscriptions, wrought-iron dwarf rails. Slender square three-stage tower. Three-stepped base carries tower with angle pilasters, stepped-and-chamfered plinth and moulded strings. Dwarf rails with knob-topped twist standards and twist rails link front faces of pilasters. Lower stage: north face has twin panels in recessed chamfered surrounds, 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF AMBLE WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918' and 'THE SITE FOR THIS MEMORIAL WAS GIVEN BY E.M. LAWSON-SMITH ESQ IN MEMORY OF HIS TWO SONS WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR', with inserted World War II plaque below; side faces have panels with names of fallen; boarded door to rear. Second stage has tall slatted square-headed openings and top stage clockfaces in keyed surrounds. Parapet has moulded coping and square pyramid-topped finials at corners. Unveiled Saturday May 9th 1925. ,
• reference: 1041896
• start-date: 1988-09-15