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==Landmarks==
[[File:St Marys Church Totnes.jpg|thumb|right|[[St Mary's Church, Totnes|St Mary's Church]]]] Totnes is said to have more [[listed building]]s per head than any other town.<ref>Else, D. [https://books.google.com/books?id=zhJGpvZwhSIC&dq=totnes+listed+buildings+per+head&pg=PA381 ''Britain.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623192306/http://books.google.com/books?id=zhJGpvZwhSIC&pg=PA381&lpg=PA381&dq=totnes+listed+buildings+per+head&source=bl&ots=CBs92mN16p&sig=MwIHjsvtsQrmgLIdA8efR0FlQXg&hl=en&ei=QtVOTZLaAsaWhQey0_C1Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CG0Q6AEwCQ |date=23 June 2014 }} [[Lonely Planet]], 2003. ({{ISBN|978-1740593380}}) p. 381</ref>
The [[Norman architecture|Norman]] [[motte-and-bailey]] [[Totnes Castle]], now owned by [[English Heritage]], was built during the reign of [[William I of England|William I]], probably by [[Juhel of Totnes]].<ref name="CP">{{cite book |last1=Cherry |first1=Bridget |author-link1=Bridget Cherry |title=The Buildings of England – Devon |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |author-link2=Nikolaus Pevsner |publisher=Penguin |year=1989 |isbn=0-14-071050-7 |location=Harmondsworth |pages=866–875 |name-list-style=amp}}</ref> The late medieval church of St Mary with its {{convert|120|ft|m|-high|adj=mid}} west tower, visible from afar, is built of rich red Devonian sandstone.<ref name="CP"/> A prominent feature of the town is the Eastgate—an arch spanning the middle of the main street. This [[Elizabethan]] entrance to the walled town was destroyed in a fire in September 1990, but was rebuilt.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130505081908/http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/Iconic-arch-rebuilt-devastating-1990/article-2604259-detail/article.html Iconic arch rebuilt after devastating 1990 fire]</ref>

[[File:Butterwalk.jpg|thumb|left|The Butterwalk]]
The ancient [[Leechwell]], so named because of the supposed medicinal properties of its water, and apparently where lepers once came to wash, still provides fresh water. The Butterwalk is a [[Tudor style architecture|Tudor]] covered walkway that was built to protect the dairy products once sold here from the sun and rain.<ref>{{cite web |title=Totnes Town Trail |url=http://www.southdevonaonb.org.uk/sitedetails.asp?PageId=32&SiteId=854 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815185609/http://www.southdevonaonb.org.uk/sitedetails.asp?PageId=32&SiteId=854 |archive-date=15 August 2007 |access-date=2 July 2008 |publisher=South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty}}</ref> [[Totnes Elizabethan House Museum]] is in one of the many authentic [[Elizabethan architecture|Elizabethan]] merchants' houses in the town, built around 1575.<ref>{{cite web |title=Totnes Elizabethan House Museum |url=http://www.devonmuseums.net/component/option,com_mumancontent/task,view/sectionid,23/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608195022/http://www.devonmuseums.net/component/option,com_mumancontent/task,view/sectionid,23/ |archive-date=8 June 2008 |access-date=2 July 2008 |publisher=Devon Museums Group}}</ref>