If you have visited Staunton Country Park recently, you may have noticed that the clock in the coach house is working again.
The original clock pictured right was made in the 1830s by a very famous clock-maker, Benjamin Vulliamy, who also advised on the design of Big Ben in London.
Benjamin was the son of Justin Vulliamy, a clockmaker of Swiss origin, who moved to London around 1730.
Benjamin’s brother, Lewis, designed the original coach house at Staunton.
For over 50 years the clock has not been working.
As part of the recent transformation of the park, the Friends of Staunton Country Park decided to bring the clock back into operation working with the park’s management team and a specialist clock restorer.
At the end of 2021, after a modern mechanism was installed, visitors will have noticed that the clock started working again.
Now the Friends are planning the second part of the project to display the original clock mechanism as a working model together with the pendulum and weights (similar to the St Faiths original displayed at The Spring), . The plan includes new materials for visitors to learn about the history and operation of the original clock.
The Friends of Staunton Country Park have started fund-raising for the second phase and would welcome contributions through their web-site: www.foscp@.co.uk
