Exeter Dispensary is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1974. A C19 Medical building. 5 related planning applications.
Exeter Dispensary
- WRENN ID
- open-flagstone-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1974
- Type
- Medical building
- Address
- Exeter Dispensary, 26, Queen Street, EX4 3SH
- OS grid reference
- SX 918 928
- Coordinates
- 50.72522, -3.53302
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Exeter Dispensary, located at 26 Queen Street, was built in 1841 and designed by architect S A Greig. This two-storey building features a stucco front with five windows and a semi-basement. The exterior is characterized by rustications at the quoins and between the ground floor windows. The doorway is framed by coupled Doric pilasters and has a balustraded parapet above it. A dentil cornice runs along the top of the building. The frieze and the area above the doorway display contemporary raised lettering. The windows are sash style with glazing bars. The roof is not visible.
Local climate
Exeter Dispensary 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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