Clock Tower, Maughan Library

Sir James Pennethorne

1865-71

King's College London

Chancery Lane

Photograph and text by Jacqueline Banerjee

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Later additions to the Library in include the Clock Tower, which incorprates a water-tank (1865), and the ornamental pepper-pot towers (1869-71). The figures on the front and sides of the Clock Tower's summit are the work of Joseph Durham (1866), and are of Queens Victoria, Anne and Maud ("Façade of [former] Public Record Office"). The one facing the courtyard, and above the main entrance, is of Queen Victoria.

Other Views

• The Maughan Library, Chancery Lane façade
• The Maughan Library, view from the South Courtyard
• Different stone used in contruction
• Stairwell with iron brackets
• Painted zinc ceiling
• Stairwell

Sources

Chancery Lane Library & Information Services Centre. Booklet printed for King's College London(n.d.).

"Façade of (former) Public Record Office."

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Last modified 29 October 2007