HAMPTON COURT PALACE – HENRY VIII’s WONDERFUL ASTRONOMICAL CLOCK
HAMPTON COURT PALACE – THE LESS ELABORATE CLOCK IN BASE COURT
TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
GREAT COURT CLOCK
The Trinity Clock has a Denison Double Three-legged Gravity Escapement and was installed in 1910.
This is the timepiece that governed my life for 3 formative years…
To find out more, and to see photos of the complicated-looking works
Small image credit © Trinity College
TWO MODERN(-ISH) CHURCH CLOCKS IN DORSET
1. SHERBORNE ABBEY DORSET
2. LONGBURTON CHURCH DORSET – ST JAMES THE GREAT
ITALIAN CLOCKS
RIMINI – TORRE OROLOGICO, PIAZZA TRE MARTIRI
PRATO – CATTEDRALE DI SANTO STEFANO Sunlight clearly showing the change of numbering
PRATO CATHEDRAL – THE INTERIOR CLOCK IN A CORRESPONDING POSITION
PALAZZUOLO SUL SENIO, MUGELLO – CHIESA DI SANTO STEFANO Impossible to date this ancient-looking clock. The church has had several restorations, the latest after WWII
SCARPERIA, MUGELLO – PALAZZO DEI VICARI
BRISIGHELLA, EMILIA ROMAGNA – A REMARKABLE TOWER ON A PROMONTORY Taken in the days when a 2mb digital camera was quite something. But not enough for a good quality distance shot…