Clock Tower is a Grade II listed building in the West Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1987. Clock tower. 1 related planning application.

Clock Tower

WRENN ID
scattered-plaster-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Devon
Constituency
Central Devon MP: Sir Mel Stride (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 October 1987
Type
Clock tower
Address
Clock Tower, the Square, North Tawton, EX20 2EP
OS grid reference
SS 663 017
Coordinates
50.79976, -3.89766
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Clock Tower in North Tawton is a Jubilee clock tower built in 1887. It is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and features a tiled roof. The tower is square in plan and consists of three stages. The bottom stage has diagonal buttresses and stone weathering above, leading to the brick second stage, which has a moulded cornice. Above this is the third stage made of stone, featuring cusped heads on recessed panels and topped with a spire. A wrought iron weathervane and finial with a crown adorn the top. At the base, there is an arched doorway with the original door and benches situated between the buttresses.

Local climate

Clock Tower sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 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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