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Derby Central Library Clock Tower - June 2023 Derby is rather lacking in tall things compared to neighbouring cities such as Nottingham and Leicester. I think I'm correct that the cathedral is still actually the tallest structure in the city centre?? So when the former Central Library and its...

Lots of other reports on this place & its in pretty bad shape now but here it is. The first woollen mill on the site at Newsome was founded by John Taylor in 1827. This building burnt down in 1872 and in 1873 Ephraim Beaumont Taylor went into partnership with Joshua Littlewood, to form Taylor &...

There have been previous reports done on this but this site is local to me and now has extremely easy access. So easy I took my little boy with me! There is plenty on the history on previous threads so I won’t go into massive detail. it was a huge woollen mill in its heyday built in 1827. After...

1. The History W.H.Shaw Ltd is located at Dobcross Works. The centrepiece is the Grade II-listed Office Building of the former Dobcross loom works, known locally as “The Cathedral”. Built in1890 for Hutchinson and Hollingworth in a Gothic style, it is revered for its 4-stage clock tower. The...

The Principal Hotel occupies the Refuge Insurance Building on Oxford Road and Whitworth Street. It is infact two building, Building 1 by Alfred Waterhouse (the architect of the Town Hall) and Building 2 by his son Paul. Surmounted by the 217 foot tall clock tower, this has always been a...

An oldie but still a goodie. Myself and junior have been up this several times over the past 18 months or so on rambles along the outer dock walls, but never bothered to take many photos. Noticing that is was open again I visited early one morning on the way somewhere else to have a closer...

History Victoria Tower, which is also known locally as ‘the Docker’s Clock’, is a Grade II listed Gothic Revival clock tower located alongside Sailsbury Dock in Liverpool. It was designed by Jesse Hartley, an eminent engineer who was responsible for the construction of a large number of the...

History The Palace Hotel is a "grade II listed red brick and terracotta building" built in 1895. It was previously known as the Refuge building, where a life insurance and pensions company was based. It was supposedly built with a Gothic approach in mind, decorated with marble interiors and the...

The History Victoria Tower is a Grade II listed Gothic Revival Clock Tower located alongside Salisbury Dock in Liverpool, England. Positioned among the two river entrance gates to the Salisbury Dock itself, the tower acted as an aid to ships by providing both an accurate time and also warning...

History “As centre manager I am delighted that after substantial investigations to secure the clock tower, we now have in place the ability to demolish Churchill House and leave the clock tower as a freestanding, fully operational structure” (Bryan Haldane, centre manager).   For the many out...

History “As centre manager I am delighted that after substantial investigations to secure the clock tower, we now have in place the ability to demolish Churchill House and leave the clock tower as a freestanding, fully operational structure” (Bryan Haldane, centre manager). For the many out...

I didn't intend to put these photos on 28DL as I took them for a different project with my voluntary work, but I may as well share them with you fine people. :D History of Big Bill. Now I'm going to get really sentimental again but, One of my earliest memories (I know it is weird) is this clock...

Built in 1837 the Clock Tower is a listed building on Herne Bay seafront. It stands at 85 feet tall and has 4 clock faces. The cost of building the clock tower was covered by a local benefactor Ann Thwayts. Costing £4000 to build using inheritance from her tea merchant husband. It has recently...

It seems like years ago that tablets first mentioned that scaffold had gone up around the Town Hall clock tower... Must have been March/ April time, while we were dicking about trying to climb something else... The scaff had gone up while restoration work was carried out on the stone work at the...

Sheffield Town Hall Clock Tower - July 2014 Topped with Kaplan A little while ago, myself and Kaplan were discussing the idea of working our way through the list of Sheffield's tallest buildings. We've topped a few of them already, but there was always one which seemed out of reach... the...