Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
13019
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
04/07/1979
Date of Amendment
23/02/1998
Name of Property
Memorial Clock Tower
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Marloes and St. Brides
Town
Haverfordwest
Locality
Marloes
Easting
179336
Northing
208436
Street Side
Location
Situated in the centre of the village of Marloes, to the N of the main street and some 250m NW of the Church of Saint Peter.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Memorial clock-tower built in 1904 to the memory of the 4th Baron Kensington by the Pembrokeshire Liberal Association. Said to have been erected under the supervision of Lord Kensington's agent John Fergusson. An attractive design influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement. The clock was made by J.W. Benson of London.
Exterior
Clock tower, rubble stone battered square tower some 20' (6 metres) high with S doorway and small side windows at mid height. Doorway has slab lintel carried on rounded corbels. Timber low clock-stage with clock-face each side flanked by louvred square panels under overhanging bellcast pyramid slate roof with lead finial. Plaque over door records that the tower was built in memory of William 4th Baron Kensington, died October 1896, by members of the Pembrokeshire Liberal Association.
Interior
Reason for designation
An unusual Arts-and-Crafts-influenced design, the focal point of Marloes village.
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