Sculptures on the theme of clocks and time from around the UK, from grandiose commemorative clock towers to human sundials - how has the UK marked the passage of time ?

Artists featured in this Curation: unknown artist, David Findlay Wilson (b.1962), John Gray, Henry Arthur Cheers (1853–1914), William Potts and Sons, Frederick Pearce, John Warner & Sons, Walter Epps, E. D. Turner, John Douglas (1830–1911), and 168 more
160 artworks
Clock Tower
Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Clock Tower 1902

unknown artist

Cast iron

Davyhulme Clock Tower
Image credit: Martin Henderson / Art UK

Davyhulme Clock Tower 1924

unknown artist

Ashlar sandstone

The Jute Women's Clock
© the copyright holders. Image credit: David Oudney / Art UK

The Jute Women's Clock 2006

David Findlay Wilson (b.1962) and John Gray

Granite & cast iron

Jubilee Clock Tower
Image credit: Anthony McIntosh / Art UK

Jubilee Clock Tower 1888–1889

Henry Arthur Cheers (1853–1914) and William Potts and Sons and Frederick Pearce and John Warner & Sons (active 1739–1949)

Kentish ragstone & Portland stone

Clock Tower
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Lorena Cuervo / Art UK

Clock Tower 1911

Walter Epps

Stone & red brick

H 1402 cm

Failsworth Pole
© the copyright holder. Image credit: John James Davies / Art UK

Failsworth Pole 1958

E. D. Turner (active 1958)

Brick, stone, steel & other metal

Iron Bracket Clock
Image credit: Akhtar Khan / Art UK

Iron Bracket Clock 19th C

unknown artist

Iron

Eastgate Clock
Image credit: Colleen Jackson / Art UK

Eastgate Clock 1899

John Douglas (1830–1911) and J. B. Joyce & Co. (active 1690–1965)

Wrought iron

East End of Guildhall, with 1850 Clock Tower
Image credit: Robert H Taylor / Art UK

East End of Guildhall, with 1850 Clock Tower 1850

Robert Kerr (1823–1904) and John Moore and Sons of Clerkenwell

Stone

H 350 x W 350 cm

Clock Tower
Image credit: Tony Bennett / Art UK

Clock Tower 1921

unknown artist

Willows Clock
© the artist. Image credit: Mark Barrett / Art UK

Willows Clock 2000

Andy Hazell (b.1959)

Mallock Memorial Clock Tower
Image credit: Andy Webster /Art UK

Mallock Memorial Clock Tower 1902

Harry Hems (1842–1916) and John Donkin and Bovey and Son

Limestone, sandstone & bronze

H 1370 x W 400 x D 400 cm

Wellington Clock Tower
Image credit: Nigel Wood / Art UK

Wellington Clock Tower 1854

Arthur Ashpitel (1807–1869) and Mowlem and Burt

Stone

Town Clock Tower
Image credit: Sean Bergin / Art UK

Town Clock Tower 1876

David Brandon (1813–1897) and Frank William Bennett (1856–1942) and Webster and Cannon

Stone

H 2240 x W 320 x D 320 cm

Clock Tower
Image credit: Dainis Ozols / Art UK

Clock Tower 1904

unknown artist

Old Father Time (The Old Bell and Baker's Clock)
Image credit: James Cooper / Art UK

Old Father Time (The Old Bell and Baker's Clock) 1904

Niehus Brothers of Bristol (active 1904)

Cast iron & bronze

Millennium Clock
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Millennium Clock 1999

Smith of Derby (active since 1856)

Cast iron

H 300 cm

Exmoor Sundial and Star Clock
© the artist. Image credit: Mike Longhurst / Art UK

Exmoor Sundial and Star Clock 2015

John Close Sundials

Metal

Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Clock
Image credit: Lawrence Suss / Art UK

Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Clock 1897

Ernst W. Bachmann (active 1897)

Stone

Olympic Countdown Clock
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Olympic Countdown Clock

Paula Barnard-Groves (b.1969)

Stainless steel

George VI Coronation Clock
Image credit: Giles Gostwick / Art UK

George VI Coronation Clock 1937

unknown artist

Wood & brick

H 762 cm

Beechams Clock Tower
Image credit: Margaret Lawless / Art UK

Beechams Clock Tower 1887

H. V. Krolow (active 1887)

Red brick, sandstone, terracotta & slate

Market Cross
Image credit: Jill Howgate / Art UK

Market Cross c.1500

unknown artist

Stone

Beacon of Europe
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Lynda Golightly / Art UK

Beacon of Europe 1993

Bill Kataky and Robert Olley (b.1940) and North Eastern Granite Company Ltd

Steel, granite & brick

H 500 x W 50 x D 20 cm

Prescot World Stage
© the artist. Image credit: Margaret Lawless / Art UK

Prescot World Stage 2021

Martin Heron (b.1965)

Metal

H 400 x W 300 x D 100 cm

Sir John Fowler Memorial Clock
Image credit: Dewi Owens / Art UK

Sir John Fowler Memorial Clock

Walter Macfarlane & Co. (active 1850–1965) and Dent & Co. (founded 1814)

Cast iron

H 600 x W 200 x D 100 cm

Clock Tower
Image credit: Tony Bennett / Art UK

Clock Tower 1887

A. Neill (active 1887) and T. J. Humphreys, Bangor

Red brick, freestone & timber

H 914 cm

Bell Tower
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Terence Gould / Art UK

Bell Tower 1962

T. W. Alexander and Stewart McGlashann and Son (active 1842–1974) and James Ritchie & Son (founded 1809)

Stone, metal & bronze

Allegorical Figures
Image credit: Les Cook / Art UK

Allegorical Figures 1795–1798 & 1854

John Harvey (active 1795–1798)

Stone

Clock Spring
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Frances Price / Art UK

Clock Spring

unknown artist

Metal

Memorial Clock
Image credit: Helen Crute / Art UK

Memorial Clock 1900

Walter Macfarlane & Co. (active 1850–1965)

Cast iron

H 800 cm

In the Nick of Time
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Mike Basham / Art UK

In the Nick of Time 1992

Andy Plant (b.1959)

Steel

H 914 x W 755 x D 309 cm

Clock Tower
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Clock Tower 1936

John Smith & Sons and John Taylor & Co. (founded 1784)

Brick & concrete

Clock Tower
Image credit: Tony Bennett / Art UK

Clock Tower 1872

John Bezant (active 1872) and George Cowley Haddon (1839–1889) and Welsh & Son

Stone

H 1372 cm

Clock Tower with Allegorical Figures and Heraldic Crest
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Nick Hodgson / Art UK

Clock Tower with Allegorical Figures and Heraldic Crest 1904–2012

unknown artist

Portland stone

Jubilee Clock Tower
Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Jubilee Clock Tower 1887

Richard Arber (active 1887)

Stone

Figures of Old Father Time and Ceres
Image credit: James Cooper / Art UK

Figures of Old Father Time and Ceres 1856

Medland and Maberly

Ashlar

Gosport Tidal Clock
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Michael Parry / Art UK

Gosport Tidal Clock

Paul Best (b.1962)

Steel & glass

Clock Tower
Image credit: Mike Longhurst / Art UK

Clock Tower 1899

unknown artist

Stone

H 800 x W 173 x D 173 cm

Epsom Clock Tower
Image credit: Mike Longhurst / Art UK

Epsom Clock Tower 1848

James Butler (active 1848) and Henry Hodge (active 1848)

Red & Suffolk bricks

H 2133.6 x W 1640.8 x D 431.8 cm

Jubilee Pump
Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Jubilee Pump 1897 or before

unknown artist

Wood

H 400 cm

War Memorial Clock Tower
© the copyright holder. Image credit: James Cooper / Art UK

War Memorial Clock Tower 1951

Peter Falconer (1916–2003)

Limestone rubble & ashlar limestone dressings

Town Clock
Image credit: Reg Pengelly / Art UK

Town Clock 1905

Matthew H. Tilley & Sons (active from 1860s)

Iron & granite

The Shakespeare Memorial Fountain (American Fountain)
Image credit: Jane Bradford / Art UK

The Shakespeare Memorial Fountain (American Fountain) 1886–1887

Jethro Anstice Cossins (1830–1917)

Yorkshire stone & Peterhead granite

H 1800 cm

Memorial Fountain and Clock Tower to Urijah Thomas (1839–1901)
Image credit: Paul Francis / Art UK

Memorial Fountain and Clock Tower to Urijah Thomas (1839–1901) 1904 or before

J. Whitehead & Sons Ltd (active 1880–1985)

Granite, stone & oak

W 540 x D 540 cm

Lowman Green Clock Tower
Image credit: Andy Webster /Art UK

Lowman Green Clock Tower 1907

John Donkin and F. Stenson

Grey limestone ashlar & Bath stone

Houldsworth Clock and Fountain
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Fiona Matthewson / Art UK

Houldsworth Clock and Fountain before 1920

J. & H. Patteson Ltd (active 1870–1951)

H 243 cm

Hanwell Clock Tower
Image credit: Giles Gostwick / Art UK

Hanwell Clock Tower 1937

unknown artist

Concrete

Clock Tower
Image credit: Margaret Lawless / Art UK

Clock Tower 1888

John Brooke

Clock Tower
Image credit: Lawrence Suss / Art UK

Clock Tower 1904

Robert Hembrow and Benjamin Gaston and F. Ransome

Joseph Tonks Memorial Clock
Image credit: Rose Akeroyd / Art UK

Joseph Tonks Memorial Clock

unknown artist

Hollington stone & Bath stone

H 720 cm

Clock Tower
Image credit: James Cooper / Art UK

Clock Tower 1875

unknown artist

Ashlar

Derby Midland Station Clock
Image credit: Helen Chester / Art UK

Derby Midland Station Clock early 1890s (?)

unknown artist

Stone

Queen Victoria Jubilee Clock
Image credit: Sue Macpherson / Art UK

Queen Victoria Jubilee Clock 1887

unknown artist

Cast & wrought iron on stone base

Dock Clock Tower
Image credit: Helen Crute / Art UK

Dock Clock Tower 1902

William Bell (1844–1919) and Thomas Dickinson & Son (active 1902) and William Potts and Sons

Red engineering brick with red sandstone & terracotta dressings & slate

Statue of Three Industrial Workers
© Michael Grevatte. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Sarah E J Richards / Art UK

Statue of Three Industrial Workers 1991–1992

Michael Grevatte (b.1943)

Bronze & millstone grit

Nicholson War Memorial Clock Tower
Image credit: Sue Bowdery / Art UK

Nicholson War Memorial Clock Tower

Thomas Worthington and Sons and E. A. Frith and Thomas Grace and Birmingham Guild Ltd (founded 1901)

Portland stone & ashlar

H 2700 cm

Hastings Clock
Image credit: Steve Parrish / Art UK

Hastings Clock 1912

Saracen Foundry

Cast iron & paint

H 975 cm

Clock Tower
Image credit: Robert H Taylor / Art UK

Clock Tower 1878

William Cunliffe

Cast iron

H 500 cm

Patcham Clock Tower
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Lawrence Suss / Art UK

Patcham Clock Tower 1930s

George Ferguson

Stone

Heart of Midlothian War Memorial
Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK

Heart of Midlothian War Memorial 1921

Henry Snell Gamley (1865–1928) and James Ritchie & Son (founded 1809)

Stone & clock

Clock Tower
Image credit: Dainis Ozols / Art UK

Clock Tower 1874

Henry Kennedy (1814–1896) and Edward Edwards

Town Clock
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK

Town Clock

unknown artist

Clock Tower
Image credit: Nigel Dalton / Art UK

Clock Tower 1927

William Potts and Sons

Portland stone

Nursery Rhyme Clock
© the artist. Image credit: David Oudney / Art UK

Nursery Rhyme Clock 1978

Charles Anderson (b.1936) and Haward Horological Ltd

Millennium Clock
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK

Millennium Clock 2000

unknown artist

Seed Clock
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Jennette Russell / Art UK

Seed Clock 2004

Arts Republic and Liz Armitage

Stainless steel

H 400 cm

Clock Tower
Image credit: Tony Bennett / Art UK

Clock Tower 1880

J. B. Joyce & Co. (active 1690–1965)

Iron

Time and Length Standards
Image credit: Andy Smith / Art UK

Time and Length Standards 1852

unknown artist

Jubilee Tower / Monument to W. Wouldhave and H. Greathead
Image credit: George Ledger / Art UK

Jubilee Tower / Monument to W. Wouldhave and H. Greathead

R. B. Farbridge (active 1890s) and Joseph Hall Morton (1849–1923) and John F. Scott (active 1890s)

Stone

H 1372 cm

LSE Memorial Clock and Plaque
Image credit: Robert H Taylor / Art UK

LSE Memorial Clock and Plaque c.1920

unknown artist

Cast iron & bronze

H 100 x W 60 cm

Clock
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Simon Maddison / Art UK

Clock c.1975

Simon Axford Jones (active c.1975)

Painted concrete

Crayford Clock Tower
Image credit: Lorena Cuervo / Art UK

Crayford Clock Tower 1902

unknown artist

Red brick

Kenrick Clock
Image credit: Rose Akeroyd / Art UK

Kenrick Clock

unknown artist

Millennium Clock
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Maarten Roes-Francken / Art UK

Millennium Clock 2000

unknown artist

Bronze & steel

Jubilee Clock Tower
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Bob Cassey / Art UK

Jubilee Clock Tower 1887

E. J. Shrewsbury and Charles Cox & Son and Smith of Derby (active since 1856)

Brick & stone

H 1400 cm

Queen Victoria Clock Tower
Image credit: Maarten Roes-Francken / Art UK

Queen Victoria Clock Tower 1898

unknown artist

Sandstone

H 60 x W 60 cm

Carved Figures Supporting a Clock
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Paul Francis / Art UK

Carved Figures Supporting a Clock 1922

Whinney, Son & Austin Hall

Portland ashlar

McKee Clock
Image credit: Allan Leonard / Art UK

McKee Clock

H. C. Bell

Scrabo sandstone, iron & glass

The Beacon Clock Tower
Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK

The Beacon Clock Tower 1868

William Clark (1803–1883) and Eagle Foundry

Cast iron

Clock Tower above Chester Town Hall
Image credit: Colleen Jackson / Art UK

Clock Tower above Chester Town Hall 1865–1869

William Henry Lynn (1829–1915)

Stone

Bridgeton Cross Shelter
Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK

Bridgeton Cross Shelter 1874 or before

George Smith & Co. Ltd, Sun Foundry

Cast iron

H 1524 cm

Hoxton Garden Clock Tower
Image credit: Justin Douglas / Art UK

Hoxton Garden Clock Tower c.1869

Messrs John Giles and Biven (founded 1866)

Wood

Mechanical Water Clock
© the artists. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Mechanical Water Clock 1998

Will Jackson and Tim Hunkin (b.1950)

Recyled copper water cylinders

H 250 x W 200 x D 200 cm

Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain
Image credit: Bob Cassey / Art UK

Clock Tower and Drinking Fountain 1899

Lewis Colenutt (1854–1911) and John White

Ashlar stone & cast iron

Peers Monument and Clock Tower
Image credit: Tony Bennett / Art UK

Peers Monument and Clock Tower 1883

Edward Owen Griffith (1868–1931) and Charles Thomas, Llys Cadw Quarry and John Douglas (1830–1911) and J. B. Joyce & Co. (active 1690–1965)

Stone

H 762 cm

Will Adams Memorial and Clock Tower
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Will Adams Memorial and Clock Tower 1934

John Lewis Redfern (1870–1956)

Jubilee Clock Tower
Image credit: Andy Webster /Art UK

Jubilee Clock Tower 1897

Kerley and Ellis

Ashlar, sandstone & marble

Clock Tower
Image credit: Tony Cooper / Art UK

Clock Tower 1898

Edmund Harry Elton (1846–1920) and William Green (active 1887–1898)

Coursed rubble & limestone

H 1000 x W 250 x D 250 cm

Blaker's Park Clock Tower
Image credit: Lawrence Suss / Art UK

Blaker's Park Clock Tower

Gillett & Johnston

Red & pink terracotta, brick & granite

Clock
Image credit: Mike Allport / Art UK

Clock 1666–1861

unknown artist

Ashlar sandstone

Clock Tower
Image credit: Dainis Ozols / Art UK

Clock Tower

George Cowley Haddon (1839–1889)

Rubble with freestone dressings & slate roof

H 1980 cm

The Mouse Ran up the Clock
© the copyright holder. Image credit: David Oudney / Art UK

The Mouse Ran up the Clock 1930s

unknown artist

Swan
Image credit: Robert H Taylor / Art UK

Swan mid-19th C

unknown artist

Fibreglass

H 50 x W 80 cm

Millennium Clock Tower
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Edward Mills / Art UK

Millennium Clock Tower 2000

John Coles

Wood, metal & concrete

H 725 x W 210 x D 210 cm

Curfew Clock Tower
Image credit: James Cooper / Art UK

Curfew Clock Tower 16th C

unknown artist

Stone rubble

George Pritchard-Rayner Memorial Clock Tower
Image credit: Tony Bennett / Art UK

George Pritchard-Rayner Memorial Clock Tower 1902

John Douglas (1830–1911)

Limestone masonry

King's Head Clock
Image credit: Rose Akeroyd / Art UK

King's Head Clock

Arthur Walker (1871–1948) and J & A Law Ironfounders

Iron

Clock
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Sarah E J Richards / Art UK

Clock 1995–1996

David Davidson (active 1995–1996) and Darren Richardson (active 1995–1996)

Steel, brass, aluminium & brick

Nantwich Millennium Clock
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Margaret Lawless / Art UK

Nantwich Millennium Clock 2001

Paul Beckett

Stainless steel, titanium, lead crystal & ceramic

H 250 x W 100 x D 75 cm

Crouch End Clock Tower
Image credit: Simon Maddison / Art UK

Crouch End Clock Tower 1895

Frederick Knight and Alfred Gilbert (1854–1934)

Brick, stone & bronze

Rainham War Memorial Clock Tower
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Rainham War Memorial Clock Tower 1920

H. A. Porter and E. C. Lucy and Vinton

Red brick & Portland stone

Lord Bernard Braine Memorial Clock
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Lord Bernard Braine Memorial Clock 2005

Smith of Derby (active since 1856)

Cast iron

Clock Tower
Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Clock Tower 1787

unknown artist

Timber, lead & iron

Hilltown Clock
Image credit: Jimmy Brown / Art UK

Hilltown Clock 1900

William Mackison (1833–1906) and George D. Rattray (1865–1918)

Hollowell Millennium Shelter
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Robin Simmons / Art UK

Hollowell Millennium Shelter 2000

unknown artist

Brick, wood & thatch

Clyde Clock
© George Wyllie Estate. Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK

Clyde Clock 1999

George Ralston Wyllie (1921–2012)

Stainless steel

H 600 cm

Town Hall Clock Tower
Image credit: Mike Longhurst / Art UK

Town Hall Clock Tower 1892–1896

Charles Henman Junior and John Wenlock Rollins (1862–1940)

Portland stone

Stanley Memorial Clock Tower
Image credit: Mike Longhurst / Art UK

Stanley Memorial Clock Tower 1903

William Ford Robinson Stanley (1829–1909)

Stone

H 1600 x W 300 x D 300 cm

The 'Matthew the Miller' Clock
Image credit: Martin Henderson / Art UK

The 'Matthew the Miller' Clock 1725

unknown artist

Emporium Windows / Pierhead Railings
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Dainis Ozols / Art UK

Emporium Windows / Pierhead Railings 2012

Malcolm Robertson (b.1951)

Powder-coated steel

H 700 x W 150 x D 5 cm

Memorial Clock for George Christie, Provost of Stirling (1870–1879)
Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK

Memorial Clock for George Christie, Provost of Stirling (1870–1879) 1906

Alexander McKenzie Lupton (c.1873–1946)

Stone

Lampost Clock/Oswald Clock Tower
Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK

Lampost Clock/Oswald Clock Tower 1887–1888

Alexander and Son (active 1888)

Painted cast iron

Mr and Mrs W. F. Stanley Clock Tower
Image credit: Mike Longhurst / Art UK

Mr and Mrs W. F. Stanley Clock Tower 1907

Gillett and Johnston of Croydon

Cast iron

H 700 x W 152 x D 152 cm

Clock and Barometer
© the copyright holder. Image credit: David Ovenden / Art UK

Clock and Barometer 1930s

Short & Mason Ltd

Stone

Clock Tower
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Fiona Jeffrey / Art UK

Clock Tower 1897

Jim Lupton (1934–2011)

Creetown granite

Coronation Clock Tower
Image credit: Fiona Jeffrey / Art UK

Coronation Clock Tower 1911

William Potts and Sons and Harry William Smith (1867–1944)

Ashlar stone

H 1200 x W 600 x D 600 cm

Clock Tower
Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art Uk

Clock Tower 1919–1934

Gilbert Seale (1862–1933)

Brick & stone

H 600 cm

Clock Tower – Allegories of the Four Seasons
© the copyright holder & © the copyright holder. Image credit: George Ledger / Art UK

Clock Tower – Allegories of the Four Seasons 1910

Ernest E. Fetch (b.c.1867) and J. G. Binney

Stone

Clock Tower
Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Clock Tower 1903

unknown artist

Metal

Jubilee Clock Tower
Image credit: Richard Draper / Art UK

Jubilee Clock Tower 1897

Searle & Co. (founded 1893)

Iron & clock mechanism

Clock Tower with Caryatids Figures
Image credit: Michael Kentish / Art UK

Clock Tower with Caryatids Figures 1854

George Thomas Robinson (1829–1897) and L. Dunn (active 1854)

Ashlar

Preston Park Clock Tower
Image credit: Lawrence Suss / Art UK

Preston Park Clock Tower 1891

Francis May (1839–1906) and Eugenius Birch (1818–1884) and Patching & Son and Folkard and Son

Red & pink terracotta, brick & granite

Jim Clark Memorial Clock
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Mike Allport / Art UK

Jim Clark Memorial Clock 1969

Ian Scott-Watson (b.1930)

Stone blocks & wood

Jubilee Clock Tower
Image credit: Lawrence Suss / Art UK

Jubilee Clock Tower 1888

John Johnson (1843–1920) and J. & T. Chappell, London and Brighton and Gillett & Johnston and Francis Tate

Granite, Portland stone, enamel & gilt copper

Figurative Programme
Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK

Figurative Programme 1889–1891

William Birnie Rhind (1853–1933)

Red sandstone

Palace Pier Clock Tower
Image credit: Lawrence Suss / Art UK

Palace Pier Clock Tower 1930

W. G. Beaumont & Company

Wood & gilt

H 400 x W 100 x D 100 cm

Queen's Park Clock Tower
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Lawrence Suss / Art UK

Queen's Park Clock Tower 1915

Llewellyn E. Williams (1884–1967)

Red brick, copper & Portland stone

Sir Smith Child (1808–1896) Clock Tower
Image credit: Ian Banks / Art UK

Sir Smith Child (1808–1896) Clock Tower 1893

Samuel Joseph Cartlidge (1857–1935)

Bronze

H 750 x W 500 x D 400 cm

Jubilee Clock Tower
Image credit: Nick Hodgson / Art UK

Jubilee Clock Tower 1897

unknown artist

Granite & cast iron

Drinking Fountain
Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Drinking Fountain c.1900

A. H. Rowley Parkes & Co. (active c.1900)

Granite & iron

Stourbridge Junction Clock
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Rose Akeroyd / Art UK

Stourbridge Junction Clock 1996

Anuradha Patel (b.1961)

Mixed media

The Emett Clock (Aqua Horological Tintinnabulator)
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Akhtar Khan / Art UK

The Emett Clock (Aqua Horological Tintinnabulator) 1970–1973

Frederick Rowland Emett (1906–1990) and Thwaites & Reed

Copper

Coloured Maze
© the artist & © the artist. Image credit: Susan Dawson / Art UK

Coloured Maze 2010

Alan Vaughan (b.1959) and Aether & Hemera

Corten steel & LEDs

Grandad's Clock and Chair
© the artist. Image credit: Mary P Crowther / Art UK

Grandad's Clock and Chair 1992

Timothy Shutter (b.1954)

Sandstone

Time and Tide
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Paul Francis / Art UK

Time and Tide 1994

Georgina Redfern (active 1994)

Painted metal & stainless steel

H 340 x W 360 x D 130 cm

Joseph Levy Memorial Clock
Image credit: Terry Street / Art UK

Joseph Levy Memorial Clock 1934 & 2014

unknown artist

Cast iron

Memorial Clock Tower
Image credit: Roy Barrie / Art UK

Memorial Clock Tower 1911

Edmund Kirby (1838–1920)

Portland stone

H 1520 cm

Time Spiral
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Time Spiral 1996

Malcolm Robertson (b.1951)

Steel

H 1000 cm

Clock
Image credit: Les Cook / Art UK

Clock 1935

unknown artist

Iron

H 700 x W 150 x D 150 cm

Coronation Clock Tower
Image credit: Mike Longhurst / Art UK

Coronation Clock Tower 1908

John Johnson (1843–1920)

Stone

H 2000 x W 363 x D 363 cm

Lookout Clock
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Rob Terwey / Art UK

Lookout Clock 2006

Andy Plant (b.1959) and Matt Wand

Steel, paving, audio equipment & wood

Millennium Timespace Sundial
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Michael Parry / Art UK

Millennium Timespace Sundial 2000

Emma Biggs (b.1956) and Brookbrae Ltd (active 1973–2016)

Mosaic tile & steel

Lighting Clock
© the artist. Image credit: Susan Dawson / Art UK

Lighting Clock

Aether & Hemera

Corten steel

Clockwork Forest
© the artist. Image credit: The Forestry Commission

Clockwork Forest 2010

Greyworld

Metal

H 60 x W 35 x D 10 cm

The Forestry Commission

Analemmatic Sundial
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Durham University

Analemmatic Sundial 2012

Bill Kataky and North Eastern Granite Company Ltd

Granite & stainless steel

Durham University

Wishing Fish Clock
© the copyright holders. Image credit: James Cooper / Art UK

Wishing Fish Clock 1985

Kit Williams (b.1946) and Michael Harding

Various

Timeline Totem
© the artist. Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK

Timeline Totem 2009

Julia Smith (b.1974)

Ceramic

H 300 cm

Tortoises with Triangle and Time
© the artist. Image credit: Jennette Russell / Art UK

Tortoises with Triangle and Time 2000

Wendy Taylor (b.1945) and Bronze Age Sculpture Casting Foundry and Meighs Castings Ltd and Nautilus Fine Art Foundry (active 1997–2003)

Bronze

H 549 x W 660 x D 619 cm

Time Terminus
© the artist. Image credit: David Ovenden / Art UK

Time Terminus 1999

Lodewyk Pretor (b.1955)

Brick

Sundial
© the artist. Image credit: Stewart Bond / Art UK

Sundial 2000

Fiona Bowley (b.1961)

Yorkshire sandstone & bronze

H 100 x W 80 x D 25 cm

Time Sequence
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Dainis Ozols / Art UK

Time Sequence 1998

Robert Raschke (b.1949)

Bronze

H 220 x W 40 x D 15 cm

Through Time Clock (and Two Markers)
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Elaine Vizor / Art UK

Through Time Clock (and Two Markers) 2005

Philip Townsend (b.1947)

Dunhouse Buff sandstone

H 200 x W 100 x D 38 cm

Time Continuum
© the artist. Image credit: Mike Longhurst / Art UK

Time Continuum 2001

David Backhouse (b.1941)

Bronze

H 230 x W 120 x D 160 cm

Full Fathom Five
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Paul Kirby / Art UK

Full Fathom Five 2008

Michael Dan Archer (b.1955)

Granite & earth

H 900 x W 8400 x D 4800 cm

Sundial (Day's Eye)
© Wendy Briggs. All Rights Reserved DACS 2025. Image credit: Robin Simmons / Art UK

Sundial (Day's Eye) 2017–2018

Wendy Briggs (b.1961) and SSC Ltd (active 2017)

Slate, stone & lights

Timeline
© the artist. Image credit: Deborah Savill / Art UK

Timeline 2003

Linda Craig (b.1951)

Hand-built clay slab

Matrix Revealed
© the artist. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Matrix Revealed 2003–2005

Julienne Dolphin Wilding (b.1960)

Flint, gravel, concrete & steel

H 1189 cm

Town Clock
© the copyright holders. Image credit: Tracy Jenkins / Art UK

Town Clock 1966

John Vernon and Douglas Galloway (d.2002) and Convair Time and Electronics Limited

Stainless steel

H 1036 x W 182 x D 182 cm

Wheel of Time
© the copyright holder. Image credit: George Ledger / Art UK

Wheel of Time 2008 or later

Fiona Gray

Brick & metal