Betsy Grimbal's Tower, The Vicarage is a Grade I listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Tower.
Betsy Grimbal's Tower, The Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- spare-wall-cobweb
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tower
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Betsy Grimbal's Tower, The Vicarage, Plymouth Road, Tavistock
- OS grid reference
- SX 481 743
- Coordinates
- 50.54894, -4.14524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Betsy Grimbal's Tower, located at The Vicarage, is primarily a 15th-century structure that served as the Great Gate of the Abbey, marking the west entrance to the precincts. It features moulded segmental arches, one of which is blocked, and is flanked by towers. Beneath the arch is a stone coffin that was discovered when the Chapter House was demolished; the bones that were inside it are now housed in St Eustachius' Church. The name "Betsy Grimbal" is derived from a corruption of the Blessed Grimwald. This site is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Betsy Grimbal's Tower, The Vicarage 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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