This clock tower was erected in the memory of local man William Miles an Exeter Magistrate and keen horseman.
The Tower was constructed by J. Easton and Sons, an Exeter firm of stone masons who had premises in Paris Street. The architect was Thomas A. Andrews from London.
The tower is situated in the centre of a busy roundabout and includes a horse drinking trough on one side.
The plaque says:
"Erected in the sixty first year of the glorious reign of Victoria Empress Queen to perpetuate the beneficent work of William Miles Esq. of this city on behalf of the animal creation by his widow.1897."
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