Ringwood Memorial Clock Tower

Corner Maroondah Highway and Warrandyte Road,Ringwood, MAROONDAH CITY

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Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Description 1

    Ringwood Memorial Clock Tower - Physical Description 1

    A three stage abstracted Baroque freestanding tower, finished in cement render. The ground level is ashlar, the courses deeply recessed, with buttresses at the angles are each face. Supporting an open pediment, with a cornice mould and acroteria at ridge and angles on abstracted cyma-recta brackets. Below the pediment is a recessed, arched panel with a Mannerist keystone and indented angles. This has three bronze plaques, a wreath, an inscription to "the fallen in both the Great War (1914-1918) and the World War (1939-1945)", manufactured by C.G. Roeszler, Melbourne. All is supported on a granite base over a slate platform approached with three steps. The second stage is plain, with courses embossed and a single slot window The third stage at centre has an (accessible) balcony on triple cyma-recta brackets. There are a pair of St Andrew's Cross panels below studded strip panels. These return around the angles on plain brackets. Over are Ionic pilasters flanking a Modernist circular clockface, supporting a corbelled imposts, a further open pediment and keystone. Over again is a parapet between panels at the angles, surmounted by a copper dome and finial. At the rear is an access door with a flat architrave.

    Physical Conditions

    Ringwood Memorial Clock Tower - Physical Conditions

    Demolished and reconstructed on a different site. Significant intact elements: Materials: slate. Form, facade, roof form, wall decoration, unpainted finish, nine memorial plaques, four clocks, bell and striker.

    Usage/Former Usage

    Ringwood Memorial Clock Tower - Usage/Former Usage

    Memorial clock tower

    Veterans Description for Public

    Ringwood Memorial Clock Tower - Veterans Description for Public

    The Ringwood Memorial Clock Tower, completed in 1928, and was originally located in the centre of the Maroondah Highway, where it intersects with Bedford and Warrandyte Roads, Ringwood. The tower was constructed as a memorial to those who were killed and those who served during the Great War, and was erected as a result of public subscriptions and a grant of £500 from the Ringwood Borough Council, in 1924. A 660mm bell and striker were installed in the tower in June 1934, and further plaques were added to the tower's base to honour those who served in the Second World War, Malaya, Korea and Vietnam. By the 1960s, concern was being expressed by the council and the C.R.B. (VicRoads), about the tower causing traffic congestion if it remained in the middle of the highway. After opposition from the local community about the tower's removal, in 1967 the tower was removed and re-erected on the corner of Maroondah Highway and Wantirna Road, formerly the site of the Ringwood Cool Store.

    The clock is a three stage abstracted Baroque freestanding tower, finished in cement render. The pediment is a recessed, arched panel with a Mannerist keystone and indented angles. There are three bronze plaques, a wreath, an inscription to "the fallen in both the Great War (1914-1918) and the Second World War (1939-1945)", manufactured by C.G. Roeszler, Melbourne. There are a pair of St Andrew's Cross panels below studded strip panels. The clockface itself is a Modernist circular design.

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  designer

  Graeme Butler • 21/03/17

  This was designed by Harry A Norris