Still House and Abbey Wall is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. Tower, wall.
Still House and Abbey Wall
- WRENN ID
- low-cellar-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Devon
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tower, wall
- Address
- Still House and Abbey Wall, Abbey Walk, Tavistock
- OS grid reference
- SX 481 742
- Coordinates
- 50.54852, -4.14425
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Still House and Abbey Wall is a medieval structure located in the southeast corner of the Vicarage garden. The 'Still House' is a small square tower, approximately 20 feet tall, constructed from granite. It features a crenellated parapet and windows with four-centred arches, hood moulding, and spandrels, including one window with a cinquefoil design facing the River Tavy. Adjacent to the tower is a length of wall that follows the line of the river and originally marked the southern boundary of the Abbey precincts. This crenellated wall stands about 14 feet high and is also made of granite, incorporating a pointed arched granite doorway. The site is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Still House and Abbey Wall 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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