Aberdeenshire HER - NO88NE0076 - STONEHAVEN CLOCK TOWER

Main Details

Primary ReferenceNO88NE0076
NameSTONEHAVEN CLOCK TOWER
NMRS Card No.NO88NE68
NMRS Numlink36953
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Complete 2
Details Clock tower, dated 1790 with later alterations and additions. It is thought to be the work of Aberdeen mason James Rhind, built by public subscription and known locally as Old Town Steeple. The original clock (now on display in the Tolbooth Museum) was made by James Duncan of Old Meldrum in Aberdeenshire. In 1894 it was moved up from its original position and a new face was added. The two bells date from 1793 and 1887. The tower is of four stages with one window on each face, and is constructed from ashlar to the north and west principal elevations, with rubble to the south and east. There are channelled long and short quoins and a blocking course, a cross-pattern timber balustrade, an open-work timber parapet, a lead-covered bellcast spire, originally copper-covered, with a weathercock. The spire is set on an octagonal timber belfry with keystoned, semi-elliptical openings. The west entrance elevation has a vertically-boarded timber door with the lintel dated 1790 to the centre, with a handle-socket and spout for a pump immediately to one side. An opening at the second stage incorporates a barometer dial dated 1852, giving way to a third stage with a single window. A further blocked window at the fourth stage is surmounted by a clock face that is set into a pedimented architrave, dated 1896, breaking wallhead and flanked by the timber balustrade. A later building clasps the outer right angle to the third stage. A programme of renovation works is being undertaken (2013). The original barometer, which was incorporated into the tower for the local fishing community, has been restored and will be reinstated when repair works are complete.
Last Update25/01/2024

National Grid Reference: NO 8767 8552


Easting: 325400, Northing: 795100

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Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact


Ecofact

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Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
TOWERSCLOCK A100
BALUSTERSWOODEN B100
BELFRIESOCTAGONAL C100
SPIRESLEAD D100
WEATHER-VANES COCKERELE100
CLOCKS PEDIMENTEDF100

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National Status

National Status
Listed Building, Category B

Regional Status

Regional Status
Local Government Guardianship

Photo Details

SourceReferencePhoto TypeFilm TypeDate
DEVAPP/2013/3366 Ground Digital 01/10/2013
AASAAS-GR-15-07-107 Ground Digital 18/07/2015

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref NoTitleAuthorDateOthersEditorPublishedDetailsDate MDate Y
11182REFURBISHMENT & ALTERATIONS TO THE OLD CLOCKTOWER, STONEHAVEN: SUPPORTING STATEMENTD CHOUMAN2013     2013
02656      STONEHAVEN 85  
03317Scottish Burgh Survey: Historic StonehavenR Gourlay1978y    1978

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name Fetteresso
Positional Accuracy Centred at
Buffer Zone 15-20m
Buffer Type Bespoke
Capture Scale Unknown
Spatial Feature Type Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints Privately owned, access by arrangement - difficult access.
Altitude5
Geology 
Topography Foreshore
Aspect 1E
Aspect 2 Open
Current Land Use Public Use
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Period Details

PeriodOrderProbabilityRadiocarbon DatesDate BuiltDate of DestructionDate of Loss
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD) A100    
19th Century B100    

Period Notes

Period Notes Pedimented clock 1896, barometer 1852.

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Maritime Archaeology

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