Tower House is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. House. 3 related planning applications.
Tower House
- WRENN ID
- hidden-bronze-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Tower House, Market Square, Axminster, EX13 5NJ
- OS grid reference
- SY 296 986
- Coordinates
- 50.78297, -2.99863
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tower House is an early 19th century house built of painted brick. It features a slate roof with a gabled end and small brackets under the eaves. The building stands three storeys tall and has two bays. The windows are sash style, with glazing bars and are set under flat brick arches that have keystones. The central doorway is pilastered and includes an entablature, a rectangular fanlight, and a flush panel door. There is a brick chimney stack located at the gable end.
Local climate
Tower House 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 — 2 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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