Inaugurated in 2004, the Custom House Square is a public open space located to the west of the Custom House in Belfast. The area dates back to the 1700s when it was utilized as the Salthouse Dock and later on as the Lime Kiln Dock (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAhZETpfdmw).
The docks were backfilled in 1846 to create Albert Square and Queen’s Square and the Custom House was built from 1854 to 1857, followed by the Albert Memorial Clock between 1865 and 1870. By the late 20th century the region had become dominated by car parking areas, road infrastructure and bus traffic. The Albert Memorial Clock - known locally as the Albert Clock was built in 1869 and cost £2,500 - it was built by Fitzpatrick brothers builders and is 113 feet tall. Since it was built on wooden piles on reclaimed land from the Farset River - the top of the tower leans around 4 feet off centre. You can see from the pictures in this article - the clock tower features flying buttresses with lions - with a statue of Prince Albert in robes of a Knight of the Garter on one side. The clock itself was made by Francis Moore of High Street Belfast.
In the 2000s, the Calder Fountain was restored and moved to a location nearer to its original position. On the historic line of the culverted Farset River a linear water feature was installed.
Albert Clock was actually built on wooden piles on marshy, reclaimed land around the River Farset and that actually led that the top of the tower leans four feet off the perpendicular and due to this movement, there were some of the ornamental work on the belfry that was removed in 1924 along with a stone canopy over the statue of the prince.
At the beginning of its years, Albert Clock Tower was not much famous and it is believed that this goes back to being frequented by prostitutes plying their trade with visiting sailors and this all because it is situated near the docks. But in order to make this place much better and give it what it deserves along with giving Albert Clock the chance to reveal its beauty, there were different renovations done to the place and regeneration also has turned the surrounding Queens Square and Custom's House Square into attractive and modern spaces with some trees, fountains and sculptures.
For all those years and before the renovation was done to the clock tower, this was actually the Irish version for Pisa the leaning tower. This tower was actually built in the beginning to offer an excellent vantage point for at least one enterprising sightseer to get a birds eye view of Titanic's launch (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o7jMDZNFjA). Since that point, Albert Clock was then considered one of the important touristic locations and attractions that are usually checked by those tourists coming to Belfast, Northern Ireland (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiUR8SoBens).
A lot of people think that this building - Albert Clock Tower - is welcoming visitors to get inside and check it all from there, but this is actually not available, all what they will be able to do during their visit is check the building from the outside, take a couple of pictures and then go further around the city to explore all the other things that it tends to have.
This building that is constructed from sandstone as a memorial to Queen Victoria late Prince Consort, Prince Albert, actually has a statue of the Prince in robes of the Knight of the Garter which is standing on the western side of the tower. From the other features of the clock, there's a two tonne bell.
Standing in front of the tower and paying attention to the details of the building and the statue of the Prince, you will realize that it is really a nice building with all the details added to it and it is even looking perfect after the renovations done to it - it makes this whole area much greater in the way it looks.
Albert Clock is close to some of the other significant attractions of the city and we have already been to some of them, we have been to the Big Fish Sculpture or as it is sometimes referred to as "the Salmon of Knowledge" (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWcqcARIO2I), the Custom's House, the Cathedral Quarter (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teQFlh-ezts) with all its different pubs, bars, restaurants and those attractions which are located in it as well.
We intended to bring this experience to you in a 360 degree video to give you the feeling of being there standing in front of Albert Clock yourself - never forget to visit it while you are in Belfast.
Albert Clock - 360 Degree Video - Albert Memorial Clock Belfast, Built in 1869. See more of this area - with amazing photos
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