Catacomb in St Bartholomew's Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1974. Catacomb.
Catacomb in St Bartholomew's Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- lost-eave-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1974
- Type
- Catacomb
- Address
- Catacomb in St Bartholomew's Cemetery, Bartholomew Street East
- OS grid reference
- SX 916 925
- Coordinates
- 50.7226, -3.53631
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The catacomb in St Bartholomew's Cemetery, dating from the mid-19th century, is designed in the Egyptian style. It is constructed from local stone and features grey granite columns. The structure includes two chamber tombs, side tombs, and stairways. This catacomb is part of a group of listed buildings along Bartholomew Street East.
Local climate
Catacomb in St Bartholomew's Cemetery receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Two Chest Tombs to West of Church of St Bartholomew
- 2 Columbarium at City of London Cemetery
- 3 Memorial Approximately 30 Metres South of Chancel of Church of St Bartholomew
- 4 Unidentified Monument in Churchyard About 22 Metres South of South Aisle of Church of St Bartholomew
- 5 The Catacombs and Terrace in Highgate (Western) Cemetery
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Nearby listed buildings
- St Olave's Home
- Retaining wall of St Bartholomew's Churchyard (Friernhay Burial Ground)
- 33, Bartholomew Street East
- 37, Bartholomew Street East
- 38, Bartholomew Street East
- St Olave's Church House St Olave's Rectory
- 22, Mary Arches Street
- 27, Bartholomew Street West
- Wall Tablet in South Wall of St Bartholomew's Churchyard. (Friernhay Burial Ground)
- Tablet in Wall of No 19