University of Otago Registry Building

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University of Otago Registry Building
The western side of the Registry Building, from across the Water of Leith
Alternative names	Clocktower Building
General information
Architectural style	Gothic revival
Location	Dunedin, New Zealand
Coordinates	45°51′53″S 170°30′53″E / 45.864732°S 170.514797°E / -45.864732; 170.514797
Completed	1879
Owner	University of Otago
Height	33 m
Technical details
Floor count	Three
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Maxwell Bury Edmund Anscombe
Heritage New Zealand – Category 1
Official name	University of Otago Clock Tower Building
Designated	18-Mar-1982
Reference no.	62

The University of Otago Registry Building, also known as the Clocktower Building, is a Victorian and later structure in the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. It stands next to the banks of the Water of Leith and is constructed from contrasting dark Leith Valley basalt and Oamaru stone, with a foundation of Port Chalmers breccia. The building houses the administrative centre of the university, and the office of the Vice-Chancellor. It has a Category I listing with Heritage New Zealand.^[1]

It is the principal element of the Clocktower complex, the group of Gothic revival buildings at the heart of the University of Otago's campus (University of Otago Clocktower complex). The most prominent of the group it was designed and re-designed by Maxwell Bury (1825–1912) and Edmund Anscombe (1874–1948), between the 1870s and the 1920s. This resulted in a revised geometry and a change to the original conception.