3, Cathedral Close is a Grade II* listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. House.

3, Cathedral Close

WRENN ID
sleeping-solder-owl
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 921 926
Coordinates
50.72334, -3.52984
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 3 Cathedral Close is a late 18th century or early 19th century building with a stucco front, situated on a timber-framed structure that dates back to the 17th century or earlier. The building has four storeys and features two sash windows with glazing bars. The ground floor has been modernized for a shop. Notable architectural details include an egg and dart moulded cornice. The roof is not visible. This building is part of a group of listed buildings in Cathedral Close.

Local climate

3, 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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