Former Look Out Tower Incorporated with Tower House at Corner of Newton Road is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1974. Tower. 1 related planning application.
Former Look Out Tower Incorporated with Tower House at Corner of Newton Road
- WRENN ID
- drifting-spandrel-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1974
- Type
- Tower
- Address
- Former Look Out Tower Incorporated with Tower House at Corner of Newton Road, Devon Road, Salcombe, TQ8 8HQ
- OS grid reference
- SX 739 388
- Coordinates
- 50.23607, -3.76869
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former look-out tower, believed to date from around 1795, is incorporated with Tower House at the corner of Newton Road. This two-storey structure is built of stone and features a semi-circular central arched niche with an entrance door that has been inserted. There is a circular staircase projection at the south corner. The building has a slightly projecting parapet and castellations, topped with slate slab copes. The lower floor is situated below the current road level. An original stone stair rises within the higher circular turret, which is also castellated.
Local climate
Former Look Out Tower Incorporated with Tower House at Corner of Newton Road sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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