The Clock Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1972. Clock tower.
The Clock Tower
- WRENN ID
- late-vault-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Devon
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1972
- Type
- Clock tower
- Address
- The Clock Tower, Station Road, Tiverton
- OS grid reference
- SS 958 126
- Coordinates
- 50.90346, -3.48316
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clock Tower is a Grade II listed structure located on Station Road in Tiverton, built in 1907. It was designed by J. Donkin, with F. Stenson serving as the clerk of works, and was presented to the town by Thomas Ford, a Justice of the Peace. The tower is constructed from grey limestone ashlar with Bath stone dressings and is designed in a Free Gothic style.
The building has a triangular plan and features a storage room on the ground floor. The lower stage is supported by diagonal flying buttresses topped with octagonal pinnacles, which are adorned with carved figures representing Hope, Faith, and Peace. Each face of the ground floor has a recessed moulded arch with a gable above it. Two of the faces display two-light traceried windows in a decorated style, complete with original stained glass. The third face features an original half-glazed oak door, also with original stained glass.
The upper stages include Bath stone panels that contain slip windows, again with original stained glass, and shields that are carved with the year 1908, the initials E.R., and the borough arms. Each side of the tower has clock faces that are framed by carved foliage and ogee arches. At the top, a conical pinnacle is crowned with a ball and a weather vane.
Local climate
The Clock Tower receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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