John Pitts and Sons Limited Paper Factory is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1974. Factory.

John Pitts and Sons Limited Paper Factory

WRENN ID
hallowed-gargoyle-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1974
Type
Factory
Address
John Pitts and Sons Limited Paper Factory, Trew's Weir Lane
OS grid reference
SX 925 916
Coordinates
50.71428, -3.52379
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

John Pitts and Sons Limited Paper Factory is a two-storey, nine-window stone and brick building located on Trew's Weir Lane, dated 1780. It features a hipped slate roof and is significant as an early industrial building. This structure was likely originally a cotton mill, which ceased operations in 1822.

Local climate

John Pitts and Sons Limited Paper Factory 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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