Wall and Piers of No 40 is a Grade II* listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1974. Boundary wall and piers.

Wall and Piers of No 40

WRENN ID
high-window-rye
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1974
Type
Boundary wall and piers
Address
Wall and Piers of No 40, the Strand
OS grid reference
SX 967 874
Coordinates
50.67795, -3.46211
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall and piers of No 40 on The Strand in Topsham date from the 18th century. They feature a rendered wall and rusticated piers topped with ball finials. This structure is part of a group of listed buildings along The Strand.

Local climate

Wall and Piers of No 40 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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