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Title
Jubilee Clock Tower
Date
1887
Medium
brick & stone
Measurements
H 1400 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
SL6_BC_S008
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription; the clock was a gift from Mr G. A. Battcock
Work type
Clock tower
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
07 November 1897
Listing date
12/08/83
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque 1: ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY / QUEEN VICTORIA / WHO ON JUNE 20TH 1897 COMPLETED THE SIXTIETH YEAR OF A REIGN UNPARALLED FOR PROGRESS IN ALL THAT MAKES FOR THE HAPPINESS OF THE HUMAN RACE. / GOD SAVE THE QUEEN; plaque 2: THIS MEMORIAL SUBSCRIBED FOR BY THE PUBLIC DURING THE MAYORALTY OF WILLIAM HENRY GRENFELL ESQ HIGH STEWARD OF THE BOROUGH OF MAIDENHEAD. THE FOUNDATION STONE WAS LAID BY JOHN TRUSCOTT J.P. MAYOR, NOVEMBER 7TH 1899, CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE JOHN BUDGEN J.P. ARCHITECT, E J SHREWSBURY A.R.I.B.A.