A look at the clock on the old Devonshire Royal Hospital in Buxton, Derbyshire.
The Devonshire Royal Hospital building (now popularly known as the Devonshire Dome) is a Grade II* listed 18th-century former stable block in Buxton, Derbyshire. It was built by John Carr of York and extended by architect Robert Rippon Duke who added what was then the world's largest unsupported dome, with a diameter of 44.2 metres (145 ft). It is now the site of the Devonshire campus of the University of Derby.
Built between 1780 and 1789, the original building was designed by John Carr of York for William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire. Octagonal in shape, it housed up to 110 horses and the servants of the guests of the Crescent Hotel, built in combination as part of the plan to promote Buxton as a spa town.
In 1859, the Buxton Bath Charity had persuaded the Duke of Devonshire to allow part of the building -- by then accommodating nothing like the 110 horses for which it was designed -- to be converted to a charity hospital for the use of the 'sick poor' coming in for treatment from the 'Cottonopolis' of Lancashire and Yorkshire. The Devonshire estate architect, Henry Currey, architect for St Thomas's Hospital in London, converted two thirds of the building into a hospital.
In 1881, the Buxton Bath Charity trustees under their chairman Dr William Henry Robertson, persuaded William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire to give them the use of the whole building in exchange for providing new stables elsewhere in the town. Local architect Robert Rippon Duke was commissioned to design a 300-bed hospital to rival Bath and Harrogate for charity medical provision. The Cotton Districts Convalescent fund put up £25,000 for the conversion. The steel structure was clad in slate, and proposed to be supported by 22 curved steel arms. However, during construction the Tay Bridge disaster occurred on 28 December 1879, and so the number of arms was revised upwards. Railway engineer Mr Footner advised that the designers of the Tay Rail Bridge had not taken into account the stresses of lateral wind and storms.
Further changes were undertaken, with the clock tower and lodge completed in 1882, surgical wards in 1897, spa baths in 1913, and the dining room and kitchens in 1921. The building became known as the Devonshire Royal Hospital in 1934.
The Devonshire Royal was the last of the eight hydropathic hospitals in England to close when it closed in 2000.
On 31 January 2001, the University of Derby acquired the Devonshire Royal Hospital. The University received £4.7m Heritage Lottery Fund backing for the restoration and redevelopment project.
I am not sure who the maker of the clock was but it is quarter chiming as heard in this video.
The following are links to videos of other clocks I have visited:
LONDON BIG BEN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR7b8lF3R7wNOTTINGHAM COUNCIL HOUSE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7gtmQNpiZMKIDSGROVE VICTORIA HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXzRKB3QhwQMANCHESTER TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEfwEGOAzTUECCLES TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mawzgYtgs2EHYDE TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udIeuVQmYG8DUKINFIELD TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmVmhsBeXFASTALYBRIDGE CIVIC HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_cOzzpVphAROCHDALE TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCGtqDwjADIBOLTON TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVK3Qm2OuxACHORLEY TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV3XhBDpzPMDARWEN TOWN AND MARKET HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPSMoh98wPAGREAT HARWOOD MERCER MEMORIAL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rn9oasubQYBURNLEY TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t93wBGI5hqQCOLNE TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYIFrZn3bcgLANCASTER TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pgMtYQg7LwKENDAL TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QBC48LkQ2EEARLESTOWN TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2pHOzOpzHkLIVERPOOL MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdpO3Ddeib0LIVERPOOL VICTORIA BUILDING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JBfno-l7iwBIRKENHEAD TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsSmZFVio9sSOUTHPORT TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXEULIyA4UsBUXTON TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlmh2dWQvn4MARSDEN MECHANICS HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll0qABeYwU0LINDLEY CLOCK TOWER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJAfMp85MuEHALIFAX TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHEs-C01GXcBRADFORD CITY HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSiFTht6rNQCLECKHEATON TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muECZnIDp7MBATLEY LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDWQpRIWgTELEEDS TOWN HALL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2V8AqmMP2wLEEDS THORNTON'S ARCADE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tseZN5hVmlULEEDS GRAND ARCADE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCotxDuD41kHULL GUILDHALL
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