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An octagonal-plan clock tower and public well with a carved figure. Above the well is a copy of a 1666 statue of the wife of local stonemason James Gifford on a decorated base, flanked by cast-iron lamps on scrolled brackets. The octagonal shaft is corbelled out to a squared upper clock-face stage with two circular clock faces to the main street and two blank roundels to the rear. There is a carved octagonal cap with a weathervane finial at apex and a narrow timber access door to the rear. It is an example of an ornamental Victorian stone clock tower and well on the site of an earlier market cross and public well. The earlier well dated to 1666 was gifted by celebrated local stonemason and laird James Gifford as a memorial to his wife and children, whose statues formally adorned the pedestal.
Title
Clock
Date
1666–1861
Medium
ashlar sandstone
Accession number
EH46_MA_S001
Work type
Clock tower
Owner
West Linton Community Council
Custodian
West Linton Community Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
B (Scotland)
Listing date
23/02/71
Access
at all times
Inscription description
THE ABOVE FIGURE IS AN EXACT REPLICA OF THE LADY GIFFORD STATUE FIRST SCULPTED BY HER HUSBAND JAMES / LOCAL LAIRD AND STONEMASON IN 1666 / THE ORIGINAL WAS REMOVED FOR RESTORATION THEN RESITED IN THE GRAHAM INSTITUTE IN 1995 WHERE THERE IS A FULLER ACCOUNT OF HER HISTORY. / THE REPLICA ABOVE WAS REPLACED ON THE CLOCK TOWER IN 2001, FUNDED BY THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE LAST ISABELLE PATTERSON M.B.E FSA Scot. AS QA TRIBUTE TO THE MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE SHE GAVE TO THIS COMMUNITY AND THE SEMINAL PART SHE PLAYED IN SAVING THE ORIGINAL LADY GIFFORD STATUE.