Moray HER - NJ33NW0021 - CLOCK TOWER, THE SQUARE, DUFFTOWN

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Primary ReferenceNJ33NW0021
NameCLOCK TOWER, THE SQUARE, DUFFTOWN
NRHE Card No.NJ33NW57
NRHE Numlink 193519
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. 24726
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Clock tower, built in 1836-9. It is a three-stage square clock tower, with a high crenellated wallhead with dummy angle bartizans, and a clock in each face. It is constructed from mixed grey granite rubble with tooled pink granite dressings. There is a centre door in the South elevation, and a corniced entrance in the West. There are windows in each floor and each elevation, although some are blank, and 12-pane glazing is used. There are continuous band courses that define the floors. The South and East elevations have a mock circular gun loop at each floor. The bellcote rises above the wallhead, with a leaded ogee roof, ball finial and weathervane. There are various plaques set in the base of the tower commemorating the Duke of Fife, 1849-1912, Lord Mount Stephen, 1829-1921 and the installation of the illuminated clock in the Diamond Jubilee of 1897. A single storey pink granite extension projects at the North, dated 1925. There are angle turrets and pediment to the glazed North elevation, with a datestone within the tympanum. The tower originally served as a jail, and later as burgh chambers.
Last Update01/11/2023
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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
STRING-COURSESCONTINUOUS H100
GUN-LOOPS MOCKI100
ROOFSOGEE J100
FINIALSBALL K100
EXTENSIONSGRANITESINGLE-STOREYL100
PEDIMENTS  M100
TYMPANUM DATEDN100
TOWERSCLOCK A100
WALLHEADS CRENELLATEDB100
TURRETSANGLE C100
DRESSINGSGRANITETOOLEDD100
BELFRIES  E100
WEATHER-VANES  F100
BARTIZANSANGLE G100