Bell Yard Clock

Public clocks are a common, if treasured, sight in our cities but this example at Bell Yard always looks a little random and surprising to me. Although the bricks form a frame for it, the face appears to have been simply stuck onto the wall.
The small alleyway off the Strand was once less than respectable: Sweeney Todd's conspirator Mrs Lovett had her mythical pie shop here. You won't get any mysterious meat pies today, however: Bell Yard is now a byway of legal London.