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Title
The Picton Clock
Date
1884
Medium
sandstone
Accession number
L15_CL_S008
Acquisition method
presented by Sir James Allanson Picton
Work type
Clock tower
Owner
Liverpool City Council
Custodian
Liverpool City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
14/03/75
Access
at all times
Inscription description
oval plaque: The Wavertree Society / PICTON CLOCK / TOWER / presented to the people of Wavertree / in 1884 by Sir James Picton, / architect, historian and politician, as a memorial to his wife, / Sarah Pooley; plaque 1: THIS CLOCK TOWER / DEDICAED TO THE USE OF THE PUBLIC / WAS ERECTED BY / SIR JAMES ALLANSON PICTON / OF SANDBYKNOW WAVERTREE / MEMORY OF HIS BELOVED WIFE / SARAH POOLEY / WHO AFTER A HAPPY UNION / OF FIFTY YEARS / FELL ON SLEEP FEB. 3. 1879; plaque 2: Time wasted is existence used is life / The slow sweet hours that bring us all things good / The slow sad hours that brings us all things ill, / and all good things from evil, not at once / Not all to be forgotten
