Joseph Smiths Turret Clocks
Some images and history on the surviving turret clocks by Joseph Smith
Some images and history on the surviving turret clocks by Joseph Smith
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Poulton Hall, Wirral, 1755<br />
<strong>Joseph</strong> Smith also made turret clocks for country<br />
houses in the locality; four have been found. The first,<br />
dated 1755 is at Poulton Hall on the Wirral.<br />
It was installed in an outbuilding at the hall and ran<br />
there until 1914 when it was moved and has since been<br />
replaced in its original cupola by an electrical<br />
movement.<br />
The Smith clock was moved twice more, in 1939 and<br />
1989. Its current location is inside another outbuilding<br />
with its single handed dial in a new cupola. The<br />
movement is typical, of the small <strong>Joseph</strong> Smith clocks<br />
and is in working order. Its circular brass plaque is<br />
engraved in cursive script:<br />
‘Edw d Green Esq 1755 <strong>Joseph</strong> Smith CHESTER Fecit.’
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