Abbey Gatehouse is a Grade I listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. A Late C12 Gatehouse.
Abbey Gatehouse
- WRENN ID
- fallen-marble-elder
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gatehouse
- Address
- Abbey Gatehouse, Bedford Square, Tavistock
- OS grid reference
- SX 481 744
- Coordinates
- 50.54979, -4.14407
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbey Gatehouse is a late 12th century structure with 15th century additions, restored in 1824. It has two storeys and features two pointed arched windows with hood mouldings, showcasing the fine 12th century arches. The upper room, now the Tavistock Library, was originally accessed by an external staircase on the north side. John Foulston altered and thoroughly restored the Gatehouse when it was converted into the Tavistock Library, which was founded in 1799, in 1829. The building is also a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Abbey Gatehouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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