Plaque: Clock Tower - Hampstead - old plaque
Inscription
Clock Tower
This well loved Hampstead landmark started its life as the local fire-station. A look out was kept from the Clock-Tower.
Erected by the Hampstead Plaque Fund
Site: Hampstead fire station (2 memorials)
NW3, Heath Street
Building designed by George Vulliamy. The Heath Street façade bears the initials "M.B.W." (Metropolitan Board of Works) and "1873". In 1923 the ground floor was converted into shop space.
The rather tatty looking plaque used to be on the Holly Hill facade, at about eye height. In 2014 we see that has been removed (leaving an unpainted patch so possibly the removal was not authorised) and another, more modern plaque erected on the Heath Street facade, high up out of reach.
