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

Livery Dole Almhouses

WRENN ID
sharp-obsidian-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1974
Type
Almshouses
Address
Livery Dole Almhouses, Heavitree Road, EX2 5DT
OS grid reference
SX 935 924
Coordinates
50.72203, -3.51004
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Livery Dole Almshouses, built around 1865, are located on Heavitree Road. Constructed from white limestone rubble, they are designed in an Elizabethan style. The building consists of two blocks connected by a blocked archway and stands two storeys high. It features mullioned lattice casements and has a slate roof with tall stone stacks. The Livery Dole Almshouses, along with the chapel, archway, and wall, form a cohesive group.

Local climate

Livery Dole Almhouses 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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