Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Queen Adelaide and Carved Clock Photograph
Region ID | UEL | |
Work ID | 457 | |
Manual Reference | TH006 | |
Type | Sculpture | |
Title | Queen Adelaide and Carved Clock | |
Not Known | Not known | |
Date of design | 1865-66 | |
Year of unveiling | 1866 | |
Unveiling details | 1866 | |
Road | 41-45 Pollard Row | |
Precise Location | On Queen Adelaide's Dispensary Centre first floor | |
A to Z Ref | 83 Wb 41 | |
OS Ref | TQ345827 | |
Postcode | E2 | |
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | II | |
Duty of Care | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | |
Commissioned by | ||
Notes | ||
The roof of the building is surmounted by a turret and a cupola supported on eight pillars. The turret has a carved stone clock with bas relief floral central motif. No hands are carved on the clock face. Beneath the clock is an inscription, as above, and beneath that is a bust of Queen Adelaide. | ||
Money for the dispensary was raised by voluntary contributions and was to benefit the poor of Bethanl Green. The dispensary was named after Queen Adelaide, wife of William IV. | ||
Queen Adelaide, the wife of William IV. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | 1866 | |
Condition | Good | |
At risk | No known risk | |
Inscriptions | Beneath the stone clock in incised capitals: QUEEN ADELAIDE'S / DISPENSARY. / ERECTED A.D. 1866 On the bottom left of the building, a memorial stone incised in capitals: THIS STONE / WAS LAID BY / R. CULLING HANBURY ESQR. MP / DECEMBER 6TH 1865. | |
Signatures | ||
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Bust and carved clock | White stone | 400cm high approx x 225cm wide approx |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character: nothing recordedStructural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
Broken, missing parts | Bust of Queen Adelaide appears to have been originally surrounded by a stone floral wreath which has now broken off leaving only the left hand part extant |
