![]() ![]() ![]() The most important features of the Clock Tower are the portraits of the various royals. The clocks itself are no longer as useful as they once were of course given the ubiquity of time telling devices such as phones. The light grey colour does not stand out while the adornments are not especially easy to see as they do not contrast strongly. Clock towers are always a pleasing feature wherever they are to be found but it is a little drab. The Tower itself is not exactly spectacular. The monarchist connotations do not necessarily fit with famously liberal modern Brighton but it is a snapshot of a fascinating moment in time speaking to the values of local decision makers in the very period when Brighton was expanding rapidly. Other sides portray Queen Victoria and her consort Albert. That would Prince Edward and Princess Alexandra who ascended to the throne in 1901. It is also clearly a memorial to a period in time given the images of the Prince and Princess of Wales on opposite sides. It is a shame the Clock Tower is not as celebrated as it should be because it has been standing since 1888 and so has borne witness to Brighton's growth shortly after the arrival of the railway into the city it is now. ![]() It sits on the corner of Queens Road and West Street yet somehow does not stand out given most in the area concern themselves with the multiple street crossings and traffic lights in the immediate vicinity. The Clock Tower is an under-appreciated symbol of Brighton at one of the main junctions in the centre of town. ![]()
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