6, Cathedral Close is a Grade II* listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. A Georgian House. 2 related planning applications.

6, Cathedral Close

WRENN ID
slow-zinc-rook
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1953
Type
House
Period
Georgian
Address
6, Cathedral Close, EX1 1EZ
OS grid reference
SX 921 926
Coordinates
50.7232, -3.52947
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 6 in Cathedral Close is a 18th-century building that has a front built on an older Heavitree stone wall. It is two storeys high and features five windows with sashes that have unequal panes. The building has a notable Roman Doric porch supported by fluted columns and pilasters, which includes a panelled door with glazed panels and a fanlight above. There is a modillion cornice at the parapet and a slate roof that has three dormers. All the listed buildings in Cathedral Close form a group.

Local climate

6, 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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