Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
7315
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/02/1988
Date of Amendment
01/02/1988
Name of Property
Clock Tower
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Hay
Town
Locality
Easting
322908
Northing
242432
Street Side
Location
At the top of the street at the splayed junction with Lion Street.
Description
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
Period
History
Built 1884 by J C Haddon of Hereford. It originated in a legacy by Captain Brown for a clock for the church tower. This idea was expanded by the executors to include the town clock, public hall and corn exchange but only the former was built; cost £600.
Exterior
High Victorian Gothic tall square tower with chamfered angles; rubble with some freestone dressings. Pyramidal slate roof in 2 stages with open bellcote and weathervane; pyramidal roof lucarnes to each face. Moulded eaves with machicolations. Round clock faces to each side set in pointed arched frames with linked hoodmoulds and stringcourse. Scalloped corbels to angles with 3 treefoils between; 2 arrowslits to each face. Heraldic band with set-offs below and diagonal buttresses with punched treefoil gablets. Double cusped arched openings to N and S sides with hood mouldings and nook shafts; blocked to S boarded double doors to N.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value with Tredegar House and other listed items in Broad Street.
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