Looking more akin to a pulpit in a great cathedral

the triple faced clock on Paddington's station platform one sits in a lofty position halfway along the platform. In the space below is the famous statue of the stations designed I.K Brunel sitting on a plinth admiring his railway cathedral so the pulpit comparison a little aerier seems to make sense! Just visible behind Brunel's statue is an information board about Crossrail. Apparently, whenever it opens, no way behind schedule, this point will be where passengers will access its platforms with the line running parallel to the station under Eastbourne Terrace.