Victoria Clock Tower
Ornate High Victorian iron clock tower on a stone base, raised for a royal jubilee.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Victoria Clock Tower in Christchurch starts with a sound: the chimes of a town clock that early settlers could hear on a fine day but never see. It follows an iron tower shipped from Coventry in December 1860 and designed by Benjamin Mountfort, and the building it was meant to crown. Best heard standing at the foot of the stone base, looking up at the ironwork.
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