Peter's Tower is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1981. Clock tower. 1 related planning application.
Peter's Tower
- WRENN ID
- small-plinth-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1981
- Type
- Clock tower
- Address
- Peter's Tower, Strand, Lympstone
- OS grid reference
- SX 988 840
- Coordinates
- 50.64758, -3.43213
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Peter's Tower is a clock tower built in 1885 by W H Peters, Esq., as a memorial to his wife's kindness and sympathy for the poor of Lympstone. The tower is constructed of red brick, featuring decorative yellow brick quoins, bands, cogged cornices, and a crenellated parapet with machicolations. It has four stages, each smaller than the one below, topped with a pyramidal slate cap that includes gabled and louvred belfry openings. The tower has clocks on the east and west sides, with the west clock facing the estuary to inform fishermen of the tide's schedule. The windows are set under segmental arches, and the east door is adorned with a steep gable and Beerstone capitals, along with chamfered jambs and a lintel. Peter's Tower is prominently situated above Lympstone beach.
Local climate
Peter's Tower receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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