39 and 40, Magdalen Street is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. House.

39 and 40, Magdalen Street

WRENN ID
woven-balcony-khaki
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 921 922
Coordinates
50.72013, -3.52909
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

39 and 40 Magdalen Street is a late 17th century or early 18th century house that has been significantly altered. It is a three-storey building with a three-window front. The façade features an enriched entablature and cornice, with a pediment above. Corinthian capitals are present where pilasters are now missing. The front is currently covered in stucco. There are two round-headed windows, likely added later, while the others have mostly been altered to 19th century sash windows. Two shop fronts have been inserted into the building. The doorcase retains fluted pilasters, a fanlight, and voussoirs. Inside, there is some contemporary panelling in the hall, but the rest of the interior has been altered. The roof is made of asbestos. Nos 39 and 40, along with Nos 42 to 46 (consecutive), and Nos 49 and 50, form a group.

Local climate

39 and 40, Magdalen Street 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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