 The "Lonely Planet" guide to Wales described it as "a hilarious clock tower that falls to pieces on the hour".The clock was dismantled in 2008 and put into storage, until 2011 when it was sold to local property developers for £10,000 to re-erect on a 240 hectare Glan Llyn housing development on the old Llanwern Steelworks site.The Chartist Mural was demolished by the city council, despite protests, in October 2013.