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Latitude: 50.6476 / 50°38'51"N
Longitude: -3.4321 / 3°25'55"W
OS Eastings: 298845
OS Northings: 84080
OS Grid: SX988840
Mapcode National: GBR P3.RW3M
Mapcode Global: FRA 37PC.BQV
Plus Code: 9C2RJHX9+25
Entry Name: Peter's Tower
Listing Date: 19 June 1981
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1165550
English Heritage Legacy ID: 88548
Also known as: Lympstone clock tower
ID on this website: 101165550
Location: Lympstone, East Devon, EX8
County: Devon
District: East Devon
Civil Parish: Lympstone
Built-Up Area: Lympstone
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Lympstone Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: Clock tower
SX 98 SE LYMPSTONE STRAND (off), Lympstone
5/48 Peter's Tower
19.6.81
GV II
Clock tower. 1885; built by W H Peters, Esq. as a memorial to his wife's "kindness
and sympathy for the poor of Lympstone". Red brick, with yellow brick decorative
quoins, bands, cogged cornices and crenellated parapet with machicolations. 4-
stages, each of diminishing size; pyramidal slate cap, with gabled and louvred
belfry openings. Clocks to east and west, the latter facing the estuary to tell the
fishermen when the tide was due to turn. Windows under segmental arches. East door
with steep gable and Beerstone capitals, chamfered jambs and lintel. Peter's Tower
occupies a prominent position above Lympstone beach.
Listing NGR: SX9884584080
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