The School and Clock Tower (EHER 25010)

A late 19th century red brick octagonal tower with black brick details and built in 1877. It has four levels and an open cupola with a decorative shaped roof which is covered in tiles. The uppermost level has clock faces on the East and West sides, and gabled wings extend to the South on the East and West of the tower.

October 1973. Grade II listed. A red brick octagonal tower with black brick details and built in 1877. It has four levels, and an open cupola with a tiled 'ogee'-shaped roof. Each level is decorated differently: the uppermost is plastered with clock faces on the East and West sides; the second storey has lancet windows with lattice leaded lights; the first storey has casements with stucco square hood moulds and the ground storey has three four-centred arches with hood moulds. There is stucco moulded string courses which run between the storeys. Gabled wings with cut and shaped ornamental bargeboards extend to the South on the East and West of the tower. The tower extends over the pavement. The School and the Clock Tower are listed alongside 30 High Street (EHER 25016), 44 and 46 High Street (EHER 25017), 55 and 57 High Street (EHER 25009), and 1 and 2 Shore Road (EHER 25031) to form a group. Nos 47-53 High Street (odd) and Nos 48 and 50 High Street are of local interest. <1>