Picton Clock Tower

Picton Clock Tower is a three-section stone structure featuring Renaissance architecture with a rusticated base and classical details. The tower displays round-headed windows on each side, iron street lamps decorated with dolphin motifs, roundels with urns at the corners, and a lead cupola crowning the spire.

Sir James Allanson Picton commissioned the tower in 1884 as a memorial to his wife Sarah Pooley, who had died five years earlier. The structure became an important public monument in Liverpool's urban landscape.

Three stone plaques carved into the tower display literary quotes about time, life, and existence. These inscriptions reveal what mattered to people during the Victorian era.

The tower stands at the intersection of High Street in Wavertree and can be viewed from the street. Morning and midday light reveals the carved details and ironwork most clearly for photographs or observation.

The clock mechanism at the tower's top continues to operate and tell time for passersby in the neighbourhood. Visitors often overlook this fact and view it purely as a historical monument rather than a functioning timepiece.

Location: Wavertree

Location: Liverpool

GPS coordinates: 53.39819,-2.91577

Latest update: December 12, 2025 17:40