Wall of the Livery Dole Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1974. Wall. 1 related planning application.

Wall of the Livery Dole Almshouses

WRENN ID
winter-hinge-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1974
Type
Wall
Address
Wall of the Livery Dole Almshouses, Heavitree Road, EX2 5DT
OS grid reference
SX 934 924
Coordinates
50.722, -3.51087
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall of the Livery Dole Almshouses, located on Heavitree Road, is contemporary with the almshouses themselves. It is constructed from limestone rubble and features a dressed coping. This wall, along with the Livery Dole Almshouses, chapel, and archway, forms an important group of buildings.

Local climate

Wall of the Livery Dole Almshouses 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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