Upper Floor – Pattern Shop
The upper floor used to be the pattern makers’ workshop. The line shafting is still in place but, of the…


The museum has an interesting collection of working historic turret clocks that have been restored by society members. These include:-
Stonesfield clock dated 1543
Church Hanborough clock dated 1660
Charlton on Otmoor clock dated 1680
St Leonards, Eynsham clock dated 1750
William Leigh clock dated 1797
We also have a working example of the Grimthorpe double three-legged gravity escapement which was designed for the Westminster clock (Big Ben).