King's Beam is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 November 1952. Historic structure.

King's Beam

WRENN ID
plain-doorway-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 November 1952
Type
Historic structure
Address
King's Beam, Ferry Road
OS grid reference
SX 965 878
Coordinates
50.6813, -3.46509
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

King's Beam is an early 19th-century structure located on Ferry Road in Topsham. It features cast iron scales that are similar to those dated on Exeter Quay.

Local climate

King's Beam 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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