Robertsbridge War Memorial Clock Tower

Heritage listing

Details War memorial, unveiled in 1921. The memorial is located on the High Street. It stands in close proximity to a number of Grade II listed buildings which line High Street, including The George Hotel and The Grove. It stands at the side of the road in a small plot bordered by soft landscaping and enclosed by a kerb. Materials: red and blue Sussex bricks, clay tiles, granite tablet, timber door and glass and metal elements forming the clock faces. Description: the memorial takes the form of an English bond, red Sussex brick clock tower, square on plan, with a pitched tiled roof. The roof has brick eaves returned as broken lower members to open pedimented gables. The tower stands on a blue Sussex brick plinth with clasping buttresses. The north and south elevations of the tower each bear a clock face while the east face has a louvred window and a cast iron flag pole, painted white. A timber door, set into the west face of the plinth, provides access to the interior which houses the clock workings comprising a manually wound, six-day movement, which chimes on the hour. A ladder consisting of cast iron rungs is set into the brickwork across the north-east corner, allowing access to the top of the tower, interior clock faces, workings and lighting (the clock faces are internally illuminated at night, a feature added in 1932). A granite tablet is set into the east face of the tower, at plinth level, and bears an inscription which reads ERECTED BY THE INHABITANTS TO THE/ MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR/ 1914 – 1919./ HONOUR TO THE IMMORTAL DEAD, THAT/ GREAT WHITE COMPANY OF SHINING SOULS/ WHO GAVE THEIR YOUTH THAT THE WORLD/ MIGHT GROW OLD IN PEACE. Above this is another granite plaque which reads IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.