The Tower of The Winds / The Compass Point Tower at Bude, Cornwall UK.


At the northern most point of Efford Down Farm, over looking Summerleaze Beach and the breakwater, a former coastguard lookout stands. Known as Compass Point and built by the Acland family in 1840 of local sandstone, it is based on the Temple of Winds in Athens. It was moved to its current position in 1880. It is so called as it has points of the compass carved in each of its octagonal sides.


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Location: Bude Cornwall UK.
Photo credit: © Stephen Worth / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: acland, athens, bude, coastguard, compass, cornwall, folly, kernow, lookout, monument, point, temple, tower, wind