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Millennium Clock Tower

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Author: Anthony McIntosh
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Creative Commons

Location

Street:Lewes Road
Town:Ringmer
Parish:Ringmer
Council:Lewes District Council
County:East Sussex
Postcode:BN8
Location on Google Map
Object setting:Road or Wayside
Access is:Public
Location note:Facing Lewes Road on the corner of Springett Avenue
In the AZ book:East Sussex
Page:94
Grid reference:D9
The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks.

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Makers


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General Information

Commissioned by: Public subscription
Construction period:2000
Installation date:2000
Work is:Extant
Owner custodian:Ringmer Parish Council
Object listing:Not listed
Description:A brick built clock tower in three sections, the widest at the bottom. There are two black and gilt clock faces on the north and south sides. The tower is surmounted by a weather vane that has a tortoise on the wind direction bar.
Inscription:Carved, black painted letters on stone plaque to north face:

THIS CLOCK
TOWER
WAS ERECTED
IN THE YEAR
2000
WITH
DONATIONS
FROM
THE PEOPLE
OF RINGMER

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Classification

Categories:Free Standing, Commemorative, Functional
Object type1:Building
     Object subtype1:Clock tower
Subject type1:Non-figurative

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Object Parts

Part 1:Clock tower (including weather vane)
     Material:Brick and metal
     Height (cm):520
     Width (cm):110
     Depth (cm):90

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Object Condition

Overall condition:Good
Risk assessment:No known risk
Date of on-site inspection:06/08/2008

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Author: Anthony McIntosh
Copyright: Creative Commons




Author: Anthony McIntosh
Copyright: Creative Commons




Author: Anthony McIntosh
Copyright: Creative Commons

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