Cornwall Archaeological unit was commissioned by Donald Martin, Countryside Team Leader, Cornwall Council to carry out a historic building record of the Storm Tower at Compass Point, Bude in advance of it being dismantled and rebuilt at a new site. The tower is a Grade II Listed building which is now in danger from cliff erosion. It is located on Efford Down, just to the west of Bude on a prominent spot overlooking the sea and historic harbour at NGR: SS 20046 06343. In order to mitigate against sudden loss of the building a historic building record equivalent to a Historic England level 3 building survey was undertaken by CAU along with a full measured survey and topographical survey of the building and its surroundings undertaken by Mark Trewin of Datumline Surveys. The Storm Tower was originally built in 1835 as a coastguard lookout. It was designed by George Wightwick of Plymouth for landowner Sir Thomas Dyke Acland at a time when Bude was developed as a port, canal town and watering place. Wightwick based his octagonal design on the ancient Tower of the Winds at Athens which was the inspiration for several buildings in England in the late 18th and early 19th century. In 1881 the tower was taken down due to the threat of cliff erosion and rebuilt on a nearby spot. This tower is the one that survives today. Much of the masonry from the 1835 tower was reused to build the 1881 tower but certain changes were made with the introduction of new materials, such as perforated bricks and granite, and new design elements, such as the granite topped plinth on which it now stands. Cornwall Archaeological unit was commissioned by Donald Martin, Countryside Team Leader, Cornwall Council to carry out a historic building record of the Storm Tower at Compass Point, Bude in advance of it being dismantled and rebuilt at a new site. The tower is a Grade II Listed Building which is now in danger from cliff erosion. It is located on Efford Down, just to the west of Bude on a prominent spot overlooking the sea and historic harbour at NGR: SS 20046 06343. In order to mitigate against sudden loss of the building, a historic building record equivalent to a Historic England level 3 building survey was undertaken by CAU along with a full measured survey and topographical survey of the building and its surroundings undertaken by Mark Trewin of Datumline Surveys. The Storm Tower was originally built in 1835 as a coastguard lookout. It was designed by George Wightwick of Plymouth ...