Editing Cliveden (section)

===Clock Tower===
The nearby 100-foot (30 m) clock tower was added in 1861 and is the work of the architect [[Henry Clutton]]. As a functioning [[water tower]] it still provides water for the house today. It is rendered in Roman cement like the rest of the house and features four clock faces framed by gilded surrounds and a half-open staircase on its north side. It was described by the architectural critic [[Nikolaus Pevsner]] as "the epitome of Victorian flamboyance and assertiveness."<ref>Pevsner, N. ''The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire'', London, 1960, p. 48</ref>

The tower is topped with a modern reproduction of [[Augustin Dumont]]'s 19th-century winged male figure ''Le Génie de la Liberté'' (the Spirit of Liberty).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lists/a-taste-for-the-new-19th-century-sculpture-at-cliveden|title=A taste for the new: 19th-century sculpture at Cliveden|publisher=National Trust|access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/766041|title=Spirit of Liberty|publisher=National Trust Collections|access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref> The original is atop the [[July Column]] in the [[Place de la Bastille]], Paris. This replaces two earlier versions, the first having fallen from the tower during a storm in the 1950s.<ref name="spirit">{{cite web|url=http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1356393440757/|title=Cliveden's Spirit of Liberty flies in|publisher=National Trust|access-date=1 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808042350/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/article-1356393440757/|archive-date=8 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The new statue is made of [[bronze]] and was created using Dumont's original mould from the 1860s found in a museum in [[Semur-en-Auxois]], France.<ref name="spirit" />{{dead link|date=November 2018}} It measures 2.2 metres (7'3") in height, is covered in two layers of 23.5 [[carat (purity)|carat]] [[gold leaf]] and cost a total of £68,000.<ref name="spirit" />{{dead link|date=November 2018}} It is an [[allegorical sculpture]] which holds the torch of civilization in its right hand and the broken chain of slavery in its left. It was affixed to the tower in the spring of 2012.<ref name="spirit" />{{dead link|date=November 2018}}