1881 – Proposed Clock Tower, Brighton, Sussex

Architect: Thomas Simpson & Henry Branch

An architectural competition was organised to design a new clock tower for the fashionable sea-side town of Brighton. Third Premiated Design was awarded to James M. MacLaren. Architects Henry Branch and Thomas Simpson were recorded as the winners, but their plans were never executed and the site stood vacant until 1888. Perspective view & plans published in The Building News, July 22nd 1881.