St Leonards Tower

St Leonard's Tower is a 15th-century tower that was part of a church, with the rest of the building demolished in 1836 for road widening. It now stands on an island site. The tower is constructed of squared Plymouth stone and features a pointed granite arch over a 20th-century plank door on the south-west elevation. The structure is slightly battered and consists of two stages, marked by moulded string courses, one of which is located below a battlemented parapet. The upper stage has two-light pointed-arched windows on each side and large clocks on the west and east sides. The north-east side shows remnants of the former nave's roof line and includes a pointed-arched recess with a small trefoil-headed window. At the base of this side, there is a granite plaque that reads: "This tower was refurbished in 1972-1973 by the people of Newton Abbot in memory of Councillor Arthur Claude Shobbrook, JP CA who died on July 17 July 1970."