Digby House is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 March 1987. Hospital. 4 related planning applications.

Digby House

WRENN ID
stony-vault-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 March 1987
Type
Hospital
Address
Digby House, Digby Hospital, EX2 7EY
OS grid reference
SX 956 911
Coordinates
50.71043, -3.47914
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Digby House is a house that was formerly used for the Medical Officer of Digby Hospital, built between 1882 and 1886 by architect R Stark Williamson. The building is constructed of red brick with red brick terracotta dressings and features a slate roof. It stands two storeys high with attics and includes a three-storey tower, forming an 'L' shape in its layout. The garden front showcases a semi-octagonal two-storey bay on the right, a recessed single bay in the center, and a two-bay gable. The windows are sashes, with plate glass in the lower sashes and glazing bar divisions in the upper sashes. The building also features a Dutch gable adorned with terracotta dressings, and the tower is topped with a bell profile roof.

Local climate

Digby House 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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