1. The modern automated clock in John Frost Square, 'In the Nick of Time', by Andy Plant, 1992, has been added to a clock tower marked on the Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25-inch map of Monmouthshire XXVIII, sheet 16 (1902).
C.H. Nicholas, RCAHMW, 21 August 2006.

2. In 2008, the clock was put into storage ahead of a planned development of the city cenntre, 'but the recession scuppered the plans leaving the structure homeless.' However, in 2013, Newport's 'street scene overview and scrutiny forum' were 'given permission tp accept an offer of £10,000 from developers St Modwen to put the clock's basic structure at its 600-acre (240 hectare) Glan Llyn development. It will be rebuilt on the roundabout at the gateway to development of 4,000 homes and a business park on part of the former Llanwern steelworks site. The forum said the moved would return the clock to "its most natural home, a steel regeneration project in Newport, after it was originally commissioned to enhance a steel-related regeneration project in Ebbw Vale".'

Source: BBC News Article, published on 24 March 2013: Newport mechanical clock gets new home in Llanwern

RCAHMW, 5 October 2022

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Automaton, Clock Tower, in The Nick of Time, John Frost Square, Newport