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Farley Clock Tower

 

The second stop on the Walk West Bromwich Heritage Trail is Farley Clock Tower which can be found in West Bromwich High Street, Carters Green.

Farley Clock TowerThe Farley Clock Tower is a memorial to Alderman Reuben Farley, completed in his own lifetime. It is an imposing monument which closes the view of the High Street. The rich terracotta detailing, including panels depicting the Oak House, the Town Hall and a roundel of Farley himself, were the work of Albert Hopkins, student and later art master of Ryland Art School.

The tower was built in 1897 to a design by Edward Pincher. Farley attended the opening ceremony before he died later the same year. Reuben Farley had served on many of the town’s Boards and Committees; he gave Greets Green Park and the Oak House to the people of West Bromwich and he was Mayor five times. When Farley died, local townspeople lowered their blinds and closed their shops as a final mark of respect.

Location details

High Street (Carters Green), West Bromwich B70

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