A familiar piece of village history in Grimston, near King’s Lynn, is about to get a careful facelift. The parish council has received listed building consent to repair the Jubilee Clock Tower, a Grade II listed monument at the junction of Congham Road and Lynn Road.
The 8-meter tower will undergo masonry-focused work that includes refurbishing its carrstone gables and masonry. Plans also call for a new timber frame and a new door. The clock itself, powered by a solar panel since 2010, will be removed during the work and then reinstalled when repairs are complete.
Scaffolding is expected to surround the tower for several months to provide safe access. For mason contractors and restoration crews, that detail matters. On small, high-visibility structures like this, access, protection of existing masonry, and sequencing around specialty elements like clock components can drive both schedule and cost. With listed building consent in place, it also signals that the repair approach needs to respect the monument’s character while making the structure sound for the long haul.
The clock tower dates back to 1897, built with funds raised by residents of Grimston and neighboring Congham to mark Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. Locals reportedly contributed £200 and secured a 100-year lease on the land, for one shilling per year, in what was then the garden of a pub. More than a century later, the upcoming repairs are a reminder of how long masonry landmarks can serve a community when they are maintained and restored.
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