Harbourmaster's House is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1952. House.
Harbourmaster's House
- WRENN ID
- woven-wall-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 November 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Harbourmaster's House, Ferry Road
- OS grid reference
- SX 966 878
- Coordinates
- 50.68147, -3.46468
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Harbourmaster's House, located on Ferry Road in Topsham, is a block of gabled buildings that likely dates from the late 17th century, with possibly an earlier core. The side facing the river was originally the Custom House and is now used as the Harbourmaster's house and workshop. The building has two storeys and features three timber-framed and plastered front windows with two gables. The sash windows on the ground floor have early glazing bars. Inside, there are ancient piers made of local red stone. The structure was severely damaged by fire in 1971 and has since been rebuilt using a mix of modern materials and facsimile elements.
Local climate
Harbourmaster's House 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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