Water and Clock Tower Immediately to South-South-West of Tor Royal is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1987. Water and clock tower.
Water and Clock Tower Immediately to South-South-West of Tor Royal
- WRENN ID
- unlit-facade-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1987
- Type
- Water and clock tower
- Address
- Water and Clock Tower Immediately to South-South-West of Tor Royal, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon
- OS grid reference
- SX 600 731
- Coordinates
- 50.54117, -3.97696
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The water and clock tower, located immediately to the south-south-west of Tor Royal, dates from the late 18th century, with the belfry possibly being slightly later. It is constructed from granite rubble, featuring dressed granite pilasters at the corners. The belfry has a hipped octagonal copper roof. The tower itself is square in shape and includes a door on its front wall that opens into the courtyard. At the top, there is a smaller open octagonal belfry supported by granite columns, topped with a ball finial and a weathervane. The belfry is depicted in a drawing of Tor Royal House from 1828.
Local climate
Water and Clock Tower Immediately to South-South-West of Tor Royal receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% 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 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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