15 and 15a, Cathedral Close is a Grade II* listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. House.
15 and 15a, Cathedral Close
- WRENN ID
- grim-tin-coral
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1953
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- SX 921 925
- Coordinates
- 50.72257, -3.52869
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 15 and 15A in Cathedral Close are a pair of buildings that were formerly the Chancellor's house, mostly constructed by Chancellor Furseman around 1740, although there are older walls and traces of medieval work present. No 15 has two storeys and features seven windows, a red brick front, a brick string course, and quoins. It has a central pediment with an oeuil-de-boeuf, a coved cornice, and dormers. The doorway is topped with a pediment on console brackets. A glazed verandah has been added, and the glazing bars have been altered. The hipped slate roof has rebuilt brick chimneys. Inside, there is a mid-18th century staircase and panelling. No 15A features a pedimented hood on brackets above its doorway. The garden wall includes a blocked four-centred arch, indicating a significant rise in ground level in this area. All the listed buildings in Cathedral Close are part of a group.
Local climate
15 and 15a, Cathedral Close 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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