2, Cathedral Close is a Grade II* listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. Townhouse. 6 related planning applications.
2, Cathedral Close
- WRENN ID
- watchful-iron-willow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1953
- Type
- Townhouse
- Address
- 2, Cathedral Close, EX1 1EZ
- OS grid reference
- SX 921 926
- Coordinates
- 50.72337, -3.52989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 2 Cathedral Close is a building from the 17th century or earlier, with alterations made to the front in 1970. It features a three-storey timber-framed gabled front, which includes two oriel windows on the first floor and one on the second floor. The building has Georgian sash windows and a low ground floor shop that dates back to the early 19th century. The roof is not visible. This building is part of a group of listed buildings in Cathedral Close.
Local climate
2, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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