Building record MAB8197 - CLOCK TOWER, THE SQUARE, DUFFTOWN

Clock tower, built in 1836-9.

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.

Period Notes
Built 1836-9, with an addition in 1925. Given listed designation on 22/02/1972.

Aug 30 2015 , AAS-GR-15-08-1341, AAS-GR-15-08-1341 (Ground Photograph). SAB35573.

Aug 30 2015 , AAS-GR-15-08-362, AAS-GR-15-08-362 (Ground Photograph). SAB32264.

Mar 4 2008 , AAS-GR-08-03-027, AAS-GR-08-03-027 (Ground Photograph). SAB36142.

Author unknown, n.d., THE NORTHERN SCOT, 06/03/? (Bibliographic reference). SAB1270.

Record last edited

May 23 2025 3:00PM