Showcasing public and civic clocks around the world.
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Positioned at the edge of the main market square of Dalston, near Carlisle is the building currently housing the Co-op store.
High above the main entrance is a black and white clock made by Wheatley of Carlisle.
Dalston Co-op is around 300m from Dalston Church
About 2m above this is a date carved in stone of 1869.
It is thought that Wheatley was based in English Street, Carlisle.
Can you add to the history of the building or the clock?
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The Church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, St. Constantine and St. Mary.
Wetheral Church clock, Cumbria
Wetheral is situated a few miles from Carlisle on the banks of the River Eden.
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Made by Magneta, London the clocks at the centre of The Lanes shopping Centre in Carlisle are suspended above the main transit point of the arcade complex.
The Lanes – Carlisle.
Three electric clocks are positioned together on steel supports in a triangle layout.
The Magneta Time Company was a division of the British Vacuum and Engineering Co Ltd from 1947.
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Some say that time is ticking away on the future of the University of Cumbria. This may or may not be true however this clock has seen some changes over it’s lifetime.
University of Cumbria – Clock
Built in the early 1860′s the building was originally a workhouse called the Carlisle Union Workhouse.
The first brick was laid on 13 April 1863 and the architects were Lockwood and Mawson of Bradford. The cost for a building which occupied six acres of a twelve acre site was just £13,500.
The first world war saw the first use of the buildings as a military hospital from October 1917 to June 1919 during which time nearly ten thousand soldiers were treated.
The conversion of the workhouse buildings to serve as a muncipal hospital complementing the Cumberland Infirmary was completed in 1938.
From 1948 the building became the General Hospital for Carlisle, later becoming the City Maternity hospital.
This clock is situated high on the campus building on Fusehill Street, Carlisle.
Further information
North Cumbria University Hospital – NHS Trust
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Situated on Well Lane in Stanwix, Carlisle is the building now known as Barn Close Nursing Home.
Sundial on Barn Close, Carlisle
It appears that some lettering is engraved across the top of the dial. However, this can not be read from this photograph.
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The latest in a series of churches on this site for over 1000 years.
Stanwix Church – St. Michael’s, Carlisle
Erected in 1841 the present church tower has three clock faces. The clock was presented by Richard Ferguson Esq the former Chancellor of Carlisle
Interesting items of stonemasonry are to be found in the churchyard.
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