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Effingham Square
Effingham Square was part of the redevelopment carried out in the 1850s to land in the town owned by the Earl of Effingham which included Effingham Street, Howard Street & Frederick Street. Except for the Effingham Arms all the buildings presently making up the square are modern and faceless. It is now pedestrianised and there is a small seating area and a bit of garden but otherwise the square is as faceless as the buildings.
The public house dead centre behind the seat is the Effingham Arms which was opened in 1860. A good many coats of paint later and it is still standing. The clock was given to the town in 1912 by James Hastings to commemorate the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary. For many years it was broken and kept in storage. Then it was restored and re-sited not that far from its old position but no longer in the square.