Our handmade wooden Glastonbury Tor Tower Clock is a faithful representation of St Michael’s Tower, Glastonbury Tor in Somerset.
The site of Glastonbury Tor has been used since the Dark Ages but the earliest church appears to have dated to the 11th or 12th centuries and was built in timber. It was destroyed by a large earthquake on the 11 September 1275 which was felt around the south of England. Another church, St Michael’s, was built on the spot in sandstone in the 14th century. After the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1539 only the church tower survived. The site was the execution place of the last Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Richard Whiting, and a number of the monks from the Abbey.
Unlike the actual Tor which is hollow, this clock has a flat roof and a couple of shelves within. It has an open back and is approximately 1:65 scale. Size: 325mm (height) x 165mm (width) x 130mm (depth).
This is made in solid mahogany. We had to omit some of the front niches in favour of the clock dial, but the overall iconic look of the tower is preserved. The windows have been given tracery, and the upper ones have the louvres, behind which the bells would have once tolled across the Somerset levels.
We hope you like our Glastonbury Tor Tower Clock, feel free to get in contact if you would like to commission something similar. Otherwise this one may be purchased here.