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 ?
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
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 1921
unknown artist
Willows Clock 2000
Andy Hazell (b.1959)
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
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 1904
unknown artist
Old Father Time (The Old Bell and Baker's Clock) 1904
Niehus Brothers of Bristol (active 1904)
Cast iron & bronze
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
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 1887
A. Neill (active 1887) and T. J. Humphreys, Bangor
Red brick, freestone & timber
H 914 cm
Bell Tower 1962
T. W. Alexander and Stewart McGlashann and Son (active 1842–1974) and James Ritchie & Son (founded 1809)
Stone, metal & bronze
Clock Tower 1872
John Bezant (active 1872) and George Cowley Haddon (1839–1889) and Welsh & Son
Stone
H 1372 cm
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
Peter Falconer (1916–2003)
Limestone rubble & ashlar limestone dressings
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) 1904 or before
J. Whitehead & Sons Ltd (active 1880–1985)
Granite, stone & oak
W 540 x D 540 cm
Clock Tower 1888
John Brooke
Clock Tower 1904
Robert Hembrow and Benjamin Gaston and F. Ransome
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
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
Heart of Midlothian War Memorial 1921
Henry Snell Gamley (1865–1928) and James Ritchie & Son (founded 1809)
Stone & clock
Clock Tower 1874
Henry Kennedy (1814–1896) and Edward Edwards
unknown artist
Nursery Rhyme Clock 1978
Charles Anderson (b.1936) and Haward Horological Ltd
Millennium Clock 2000
unknown artist
Time and Length Standards 1852
unknown artist
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
unknown artist
Jubilee Clock Tower 1887
E. J. Shrewsbury and Charles Cox & Son and Smith of Derby (active since 1856)
Brick & stone
H 1400 cm
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 1899
Lewis Colenutt (1854–1911) and John White
Ashlar stone & cast iron
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 1934
John Lewis Redfern (1870–1956)
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
The Mouse Ran up the Clock 1930s
unknown artist
Clock 1995–1996
David Davidson (active 1995–1996) and Darren Richardson (active 1995–1996)
Steel, brass, aluminium & brick
Nantwich Millennium Clock 2001
Paul Beckett
Stainless steel, titanium, lead crystal & ceramic
H 250 x W 100 x D 75 cm
Rainham War Memorial Clock Tower 1920
H. A. Porter and E. C. Lucy and Vinton
Red brick & Portland stone
Hilltown Clock 1900
William Mackison (1833–1906) and George D. Rattray (1865–1918)
Town Hall Clock Tower 1892–1896
Charles Henman Junior and John Wenlock Rollins (1862–1940)
Portland stone
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 1725
unknown artist
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) 1906
Alexander McKenzie Lupton (c.1873–1946)
Stone
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
William Potts and Sons and Harry William Smith (1867–1944)
Ashlar stone
H 1200 x W 600 x D 600 cm
Clock Tower with Caryatids Figures 1854
George Thomas Robinson (1829–1897) and L. Dunn (active 1854)
Ashlar
Francis May (1839–1906) and Eugenius Birch (1818–1884) and Patching & Son and Folkard and Son
Red & pink terracotta, brick & granite
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
Sir Smith Child (1808–1896) Clock Tower 1893
Samuel Joseph Cartlidge (1857–1935)
Bronze
H 750 x W 500 x D 400 cm
The Emett Clock (Aqua Horological Tintinnabulator) 1970–1973
Frederick Rowland Emett (1906–1990) and Thwaites & Reed
Copper
Time and Tide 1994
Georgina Redfern (active 1994)
Painted metal & stainless steel
H 340 x W 360 x D 130 cm
Millennium Timespace Sundial 2000
Emma Biggs (b.1956) and Brookbrae Ltd (active 1973–2016)
Mosaic tile & steel
Analemmatic Sundial 2012
Bill Kataky and North Eastern Granite Company Ltd
Granite & stainless steel
Durham University
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
Through Time Clock (and Two Markers) 2005
Philip Townsend (b.1947)
Dunhouse Buff sandstone
H 200 x W 100 x D 38 cm
Matrix Revealed 2003–2005
Julienne Dolphin Wilding (b.1960)
Flint, gravel, concrete & steel
H 1189 cm
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
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Kerley and Ellis
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Welsh & Son
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Edward Edwards
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Henry Arthur Cheers (1853–1914)
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Benjamin Gaston
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Webster and Cannon
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Edmund Kirby (1838–1920)
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Alexander and Son
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Haward Horological Ltd
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Francis Tate
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