Description

NOTTINGHAM

SK5740SW MILTON STREET 646-1/14/432 (East side) 12/07/72 Victoria Centre Clock Tower (Formerly Listed as: MILTON STREET Victoria Station Tower)

GV II

Former station clock tower, now an ornamental feature. 1898-1900. By AE Lambert for the Great Central Railway Co. Retained as part of the Victoria Centre, 1965-72, by Arthur Swift & Partners. Red brick, with ashlar dressings. Baroque Revival style. Square tower, 3 stages, with clasping buttresses, cornice and balustrade with corner turrets and balconies. Copper-clad dome with 4 pedimented round-arched windows, domed cupola and wind vane. Ground floor has an ashlar front with a round-arched recess with voussoirs, panelled door and overlight with segmental pediment and triple keystone. Above it, a canted stone oriel window, 4 lights. Top stage has on each side a flush niche framing a clock dial, with balcony and segmental pediment on brackets. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 241).

Listing NGR: SK5732540323

External Links

• Wikidata Q26560657

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide