[3] The ground floor has three wide windows (one on each exposed face) under four centred, triple chamfered arches.

[3] The top floor of the Clock Tower doubles as its roof, which can be reached via a 93 step spiral staircase.

[8] The top section of the St Albans Eleanor Cross was destroyed during the English Civil War, and the rest of the monument was later demolished in 1701–1702.

The pump was subsequently also removed, and, in 1874, philanthropist Isabella Worley donated a drinking fountain the town.

[14] The belief is that the local merchants were in favour of the Tower being built, as it meant their hours would no longer be decided by those at the Abbey, who had a clock and peal of bells of their own.

[10][14] The shutter telegraph style semaphore was part of the 16 station London to Great Yarmouth line,[13] along which a message could be sent within 5 minutes.

[16] The semaphore station itself was built atop a small wooden observation hut which was erected on the roof.

[10] A year later, Sir Gilbert Scott was commissioned to produce a report on the state of the Tower, and its estimated cost of restoration.

[16] Noted author and illustrator Frederick George Kitton produced several sketches of the Clock Tower[18] and wrote a document detailing the history of building from construction round to the then present day (1901/1902).

[10] Although the date of its construction is unknown, John Harris of the British Archaeological Association believed that it was cast c. 1335.

[1][10] In addition, the bells could also be run in the event of emergencies, this could be something as simple as a fire, or as historic as the First Battle of St Albans.

Richard of Wallingford, the 29th abbot of St Albans designed an astronomical clock, which was built approximately 20 years after his death.

[10] The clock mechanism will undergo restoration works in 2021, carried out by Smiths of Derby, funded by a grant from Historic England.

[22] The Clock Tower is open on weekends and bank holidays between Good Friday and the end of September.