CHURCH CLOCK

The diamond-faced tower clock is by the renowned Liverpool clock maker James Condliff and was added in 1819; this dates it as one of his earlier works, his workshop having been established just three years before.

This is one of the oldest working clock in a Church in Liverpool and needs winding once a week. It has a 13 foot 2 second pendulum.

The clock was presented to the Church by Miss Ellen Mason (daughter of Church founder Edward Mason)

The tower clock was restored in 1944 as a memorial to those of the parish lost in World War II.

The clock was locally built - just off London Road. And was rebuilt a few years ago (during David Lewis' reign) by Philip Irvine of Birkdale. He also refurbished the weather vane and the clock faces.

James Condliff of Liverpool. Clockmakers (Source - http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/James_Condliff)

James Condliff set up at 32 Gerrard Street, Liverpool in 1816 and his business went on to become one of the most successful in the country, known in particular for his superb regulators and skeleton clocks. The Condliff family was made up of James, Joseph, John and Thomas, and appears to run from 1816 to the 1940’s.[1]

A nicely-restored 1838 tower clock by James Condliff can be seen at close quarters in the tower of St Mary's Church