Axminster Saleroom is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. Former chapel. 2 related planning applications.
Axminster Saleroom
- WRENN ID
- sharp-loggia-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1983
- Type
- Former chapel
- Address
- Axminster Saleroom, Castle Street, EX13 5NP
- OS grid reference
- SY 296 985
- Coordinates
- 50.78265, -2.99897
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Axminster Saleroom, built between 1795 and 1796, was originally a Methodist Chapel. It features red brick construction on a stone rubble plinth and has a steeply pitched hipped roof covered in asbestos slate. The building stands two stories tall and consists of three bays. The front façade includes sash windows with glazing bars, and a large round-headed window on the first floor with a fanlight above it. There is a plain doorway to the left of this central window, which also has a rectangular fanlight.
At the rear, there is a similar round-headed window on the first floor, but this one retains its original frame with radiating glazing bars and a central opening light. Additionally, there are double doors leading to the first floor on the north side, and a truncated chimney stack is located on the south side.
Local climate
Axminster Saleroom 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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