Tower Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Teignbridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1952. Gatehouse.

Tower Lodge

WRENN ID
pitched-obsidian-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Teignbridge
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 November 1952
Type
Gatehouse
Address
Tower Lodge, Dunsford
OS grid reference
SX 792 910
Coordinates
50.70616, -3.71078
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Tower Lodge is a gateway with flanking gatehouses located at the south entrance to Great Fulford House, dating from the early 19th century. The gateway is constructed from granite ashlar, while the gatehouses are roughcast and were formerly stuccoed. Designed in the Gothic style, the gateway features a chamfered four-centred archway topped with a battlemented parapet. This archway is flanked by octagonal turrets that have machicolated embattled parapets and two blind slits at the front.

Each single-storey gatehouse has one room and is adorned with embattled parapets that conceal lean-to roofs. They each contain a two-light window at the front, complete with a hoodmould. The right-hand gatehouse includes a chimney stack at the right end for heating. A pair of iron gates, likely contemporary with the structure, features diagonal struts below the middle rail and arrowhead finials above the top rail. This gateway serves as a fine example of a small Gothic gate entrance.

Local climate

Tower Lodge receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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