Tallest clock tower (single function structure)

What to remember

On the University of Birmingham campus in Edgbaston, a clock tower and campanile looks over Chancellor's Court. Nicknamed "Old Joe", the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower dates from 1908; at 100 m, it is the tallest clock tower among single function structures.

Its exact height has caused some confusion. The university itself has listed it as 110 m, 99 m and 100 m, the last figure being the best supported. In a 1945 lecture, the university secretary, C. G. Burton, gave it as 329 ft, or 100 m.

He also described the clock: dials 5.2 m in diameter, hands of 3.0 and 1.8 m, and a bell of 5.1 tonnes. The tower honours Joseph Chamberlain, the university's first chancellor, and it is described as the tallest clock tower in the United Kingdom.