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The Kimpton Clocktower Hotel is a historic commercial building, now a hotel, at the corner of Oxford Street and Whitworth Street in Manchester, England. The building was originally constructed in segments from 1891 to 1932 as the Refuge Assurance Building.
This is a list of clock towers in the United Kingdom. [1] Name City/Town County Built Image Notes Abberley Clock Tower: Abberley: Worcestershire: 1883/84 [2]
This is a list of clock towers by location, including only clock towers based on the following definition: A clock tower is a tower specifically built with one or more (often four) clock faces. Clock towers can be either freestanding or part of a church or municipal building such as a town hall.
Pages in category "Clock towers in the United Kingdom" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The central hotel tower, which is the Mecca Clock Royal Tower, is the fourth-tallest building and sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the world. [1] The clock tower contains the Clock Tower Museum that occupies the top four floors of the tower.
Clock tower. The hotel's clock tower, at 190 feet (58 m) high, is a prominent landmark in Edinburgh's city centre. [2]. The clock has been maintained by the Scottish clockmakers James Ritchie & Son and its subsidiary Smith of Derby since 1902. The clock is famously set to run three minutes fast, to give passengers more time to catch their ...
United Kingdom: Liverpool: Clocks faces on two towers 7.6 m (25 ft) diameter. Building part of the World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City [40] 25: Elizabeth Tower: 96 m (315 ft) 4: Yes: 1859: Tower Building: Clock Tower/Government: United Kingdom: London: Clock faces are 7 m (23 ft). Commonly known as 'Big Ben', although this is the name of ...
The Islington Jubilee Clock Tower, also known as the Highbury Clock Tower, is a historic landmark and Grade II listed building located on the corner of Highbury Hill and Church Path in Islington, London. It was built in 1897 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The clock tower was donated by Alfred Hutchinson to the Islington ...