Gateway on Drive Entrance to Clovelly Court Estate (Also Known As Round Towers) is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1989. Gateway.
Gateway on Drive Entrance to Clovelly Court Estate (Also Known As Round Towers)
- WRENN ID
- drifting-spire-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Torridge
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1989
- Type
- Gateway
- OS grid reference
- SS 304 246
- Coordinates
- 50.99665, -4.4171
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway at the drive entrance to Clovelly Court Estate, also known as Round Towers, dates from the early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed stone rubble and features crenellated parapets, although it is now roofless. The design consists of a pair of circular, two-storey towers, each with a single room plan, situated on either side of the drive and connected by an arch over the carriageway, resembling a sham castle.
The exterior showcases two-storey circular towers with battlements and a four-centred arch between them. Each tower's front elevation includes a pointed-arch window with a blind head and reused granite jambs. The gate, added in the late 19th century, is made of wood. Inside, the floors and roof have been removed, but the right-hand tower contains a fireplace with a brick surround. This structure is part of the landscaped park created by Sir James Hamlyn in the late 18th and early 19th centuries around Clovelly Court.
Local climate
Gateway on Drive Entrance to Clovelly Court Estate (Also Known As Round Towers) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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