42, St Davids Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1974. House. 1 related planning application.

42, St Davids Hill

WRENN ID
outer-corbel-bittern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1974
Type
House
Address
42, St Davids Hill, EX4 4DT
OS grid reference
SX 915 929
Coordinates
50.72641, -3.53848
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

42 St David's Hill is a late 18th-century building with a two-storey stucco front featuring three windows. The façade includes three-light sash windows, although the glazing bars have been removed from the ground floor. There is a Gothic window on the side. The entrance is highlighted by a pedimented doorcase with fluted pilasters and panelled reveals. The building is topped with a cornice, a parapet, and a hipped slate roof.

Local climate

42, St Davids Hill 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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