So let's start off with a bit of dereliction. This sorry looking building is on the corner of Cannon Street and Caroline Street. I believe that this was the engineering works of Rose, Downs &Thompson.
Its clock has certainly seen better days.
And then amongst all the mess of commercial development, you come across a gem such as this.
This is Northumberland Court of 1886 at the end of Northumberland Avenue. The design is a bit bonkers in its own right, and seems even unusual in its industrial setting. But we're glad it is there.
Moving westwards to join the Beverley Road, our next sighting is this small-scale grandeur. Located on the corner of Pendrill Street, this was formerly the Hull Savings Bank and was built in 1901.
The clock clearly identifies itself of being by Potts of Leeds, and also dated as 1901 by "Potts of Leeds" by Michael S. Potts.
Unusually, you can also see part of the mechanism through one of the windows.
On the opposite side of the main road is this painted clock on the side of what was Stepney railway station of 1853. The trackbed now forms a cycle route.
Continuing north along Beverley Road, we find this clock on the side of E.W. Brown & Son, funeral directors.
Left at the next junction takes us onto Cottingham Road, where we pass the University Of Hull.
Time to head south via Chanterlands Avenue. This is the Hull Sports Centre, with its pavilion clock.
Also on Chanterlands Avenue is this building. Now a branch of Sainsbury's, it was once Jacksons & Sons Ltd. Such a firm is listed by "Potts of Leeds" as having a clock installed in 1928. Was this the building that is referred to?
Hymers College sits at the end of Hymers Avenue, and the original building with its clock tower dates from 1893.
Just round the corner at the junction of Spring Bank and Princes Avenue is this rather less grand clock tower on Pearsons.
We will pause here for a moment before going on to Part 4, our final installment from Hull.
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