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© Mr John M Holt ARPS
IoE Number:
219261
Location:
FARLEY CLOCK TOWER, CARTERS GREEN
WEST BROMWICH, SANDWELL, WEST MIDLANDS
Photographer:
Mr John M Holt ARPS
Date Photographed:
14 August 1999
Date listed:
29 September 1987
Date of last amendment:
29 September 1987
Grade
II
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SANDWELL MB CARTERS GREEN
SO 99 SE
West Bromwich
4/54
Farley Clock Tower
II
Clock tower. 1897 by Edward Pincher with relief panels by Albert Hopkins.
Red brick and terra cotta. Square plan. The base has a continuous inscription
below a moulded string: "This tower was erected in recognition of the public
services of Alderman Reuben Farley JP". On three sides there are relief panels
of the Town Hall, Oak House and Reuben Farley. On the east side there is a
doorway with round head and moulded decoration. The upper stages of the tower
have clasping buttresses terminating in octagonal pinnacles. Above the clock
stage and below a cornice are three open arches on each side. The tower is
surmounted by an openwork dome with finial and weather vane.