Premises of W G Potter and Son is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. Commercial.
Premises of W G Potter and Son
- WRENN ID
- peeling-paling-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1983
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- Premises of W G Potter and Son, Victoria Place, Axminster
- OS grid reference
- SY 297 985
- Coordinates
- 50.78251, -2.99812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The premises of W G Potter and Son, built around 1840, is a painted brick building located on a street corner with a curved front. It features a slate roof, a painted stone stringcourse, and moulded architraves. The building has three storeys and seven bays, with sash windows that include glazing bars set within moulded architraves. The first-floor windows have heads supported by console brackets. The ground floor showcases an early 19th-century shop front, characterized by wide pilasters inscribed with a Greek key design, along with a deep pentice hood supported by consoles and iron brackets.
Local climate
Premises of W G Potter and Son receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- No related consent applications matched
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