Sunday 8 November 2020

Clock Tower / Chrisp Street Market

Architect: Sir Frederick Gibberd (1908–1984), completed 1951. Gibberd described his clock tower as a "practical folly" which he also intended to serve as an observation tower for the general public. It had to be closed for safety reasons, but remains a beautiful modernist feature of Chrisp Street Market. London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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