A look at Bridport town hall clock on Tuesday 30th May 2023.

The town hall was designed by architect William Tyler RA, a founding member of the Royal Academy and built by James Mason at a cost of £3,000 between 1785 and 1786. The clock tower with cupola and weather vane was paid for by Sir Evan Nepean and was added to the building around 1805. The clock with four seven-foot dials was installed by Handley & Moore of Clerkenwell, London. A new clock mechanism was installed in 1919 by John Smith of Derby, and the bells were recast in 1928.