Tawstock Tower

Tawstock Tower is a folly building dating from the 18th-century that stands in the village of Tawstock in North Devon. It has been listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England since February 1965.

Photo: FHL2, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Hotel
Description: tower in Tawstock, North Devon, England, UK
Also known as: “Tawstock Castle” and “The Tower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pill railway bridge and Barnstaple railway station.

Pill railway bridge

Bridge

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pill railway bridge is situated 2,400 feet east of Tawstock Tower.

Barnstaple railway station

Railway station

Photo: Partonez, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Barnstaple railway station is the northern terminus of the Tarka Line and serves the town of Barnstaple, Devon. It is 39 miles 75 chains from Exeter Central and 211.25 miles from London Waterloo. Barnstaple railway station is situated 1 mile north of Tawstock Tower.

Church of St John the Baptist

Church

Photo: William Cooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St John the Baptist is the Anglican parish church for the village of Bishop's Tawton in Devon. The church has been a Grade I listed building since 1965 and comes under the Diocese of Exeter. Church of St John the Baptist is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Tawstock Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eastacombe and Barnstaple.

Eastacombe

Village

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eastacombe is a hamlet in Tawstock parish, Devon, England, about 2 miles southwest of Barnstaple. The hamlets of St John's Chapel and Stoneylands are close by, to the west.

Barnstaple

Photo: Rodw, Public domain.

Barnstaple is a town and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The town lies at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel.

Pilton

Suburb

Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pilton is a suburb of the town of Barnstaple, it is located about quarter of a mile north of the town centre, in the civil parish of Barnstaple, in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. Pilton is situated 2 miles north of Tawstock Tower.

Tawstock Tower

Categories: tower, folly, castle, building, tourism, historic site, and accommodation
Location: Tawstock, North Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.05844° or 51° 3′ 30″ north

Longitude

-4.06378° or 4° 3′ 50″ west

Inception

18th century

Open location code

9C3Q3W5P+9F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 417976227

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=hotel

Wikidata ID

Q26545384

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