The Castle (Crown Court) is a Grade II* listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. Court. 8 related planning applications.
The Castle (Crown Court)
- WRENN ID
- fallow-plinth-river
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1953
- Type
- Court
- Address
- The Castle (Crown Court), Castle Street, EX4 3PS
- OS grid reference
- SX 920 930
- Coordinates
- 50.72657, -3.53035
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Castle, now Crown Court, was built in 1774. The main front is constructed of stone and is two storeys high with nine windows. The ground floor is rusticated, featuring round-headed openings, with the central three being arches leading to an open portico. The central portion of the front projects forward and incorporates a pediment three windows wide. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars. The rear elevation is brick, with projecting wings on each side. An east wing, dating to 1905, is similar in style to the main block and features four bays. The third bay breaks forward, displaying Venetian windows on the upper floor, surmounted by a dentil pediment. The windows are arched sashes with glazing bars. The building is topped with a slate roof and a cupola. A modern west wing is constructed of red stone. The listed buildings along Castle Street are considered a group.
Local climate
The Castle (Crown Court) 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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