The Old Court House is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. Court house. 7 related planning applications.
The Old Court House
- WRENN ID
- secret-doorway-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Honiton and Sidmouth MP: Richard Foord (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1983
- Type
- Court house
- Address
- The Old Court House, Church Street, Axminster, EX13 5AQ
- OS grid reference
- SY 295 984
- Coordinates
- 50.78114, -3.00006
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Court House, built around 1860, is a two-storey structure made of coursed stone with freestone dressings and a steeply pitched slate roof featuring gabled ends. The building has five bays and three asymmetrical gables, two of which have bullseye windows. It features two-light wood mullion/transom windows with plain stone lintels set under relieving arches. Beneath the main gable, there is a moulded two-centred arch carriageway. Red brick chimney stacks are located at the gable ends.
Local climate
The Old Court 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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