Newton Abbot Museum This amazing 13th century survivor in the middle of town is available to visit thanks to the hard work of our volunteers. The open season usually runs from mid-May to September every Wednesday between 10am – 1pm. It is also open on some Saturdays, usually when there is an event on in the town centre. Each year opening of the Tower is announced on Facebook, where current dates are kept pinned to the top of the page throughout the season.

https://museum-newtonabbot.org.uk/visiting/st-leonards-tower/ 

St Leonard's Tower Wolborough Street, Newton Abbot

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St.Leonard's Tower, deserted © Chris Denny cc-by-sa/2.0 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

 

Newton Abbot Town Council  The Medieval Tower of St. Leonard’s, Newton Abbot 1220 – 2004  St. Leonard’s Tower or as it is known to most locals, “The Clock Tower”, has become the best known landmark of the ancient Market town of Newton Abbot, forming a dignified and truly historic centre piece to the town. This well loved gothic symbol, together with the Wednesday market has become Newton Abbot’s two surviving institutions. Yes this Tower of St. Leonard originally part of a larger building, a chapel, signifies to us today the start of our Town in the early 13th Century.

https://www.newtonabbot-tc.gov.uk/discover/st-leonards-tower/ 

 

Historic England Tower of a C15 church of which the rest was demolished in 1836 for road widening. It is now on an island site. Squared Plymouth stone with a pointed granite arch over a C20 plank door in the south-west elevation. Slightly battered, in 2 stages delineated by moulded string courses, one below a battlemented parapet, the other below the upper stage which has 2-light pointed-arched windows to the top of each side and large clocks to the west and east sides. The north-east side bears traces of the roof line of the former nave, and a pointed-arched recess with a small trefoil-headed window. To the base of this side is a granite plaque with the inscription: "This tower was refurbished in 1972-1973 by the people of Newton Abbot in memory of Councillor Arthur Claude Shobbrook, JP CA who died on July 17 July 1970." 

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1256725 

 

Wikipedia St Leonard's Tower, Newton Abbot, popularly known as The Clock Tower, is a Grade II* listed building in Newton Abbot. It was constructed in the 15th-century as part of a Gothic-style church and was the site of William III's first proclamation in England (although he had not yet become king). The adjoining nave was demolished in 1836 to improve traffic flows but the tower was saved by a local petition. The structure is owned by the town council and opened to the public on selected days.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Leonard%27s_Tower,_Newton_Abbot

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