5, Cathedral Close is a Grade I listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. A Early Modern House. 7 related planning applications.
5, Cathedral Close
- WRENN ID
- night-stronghold-saffron
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1953
- Type
- House
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- 5, Cathedral Close, EX1 1EZ
- OS grid reference
- SX 921 926
- Coordinates
- 50.72327, -3.52963
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
5 Cathedral Close is a Grade I listed building, believed to have been constructed in 1688. The front is made of red brick with stone quoins and features two storeys and attics, with five sash windows that have glazing bars and moulded architraves. It has a heavy bracket cornice and a slate roof adorned with three gabled dormers. The rear wall is constructed of stone. At the west end of the front, there is an arched entry that includes a notable garden doorway with brick piers topped with stone caps and vases. Inside this part of the house, there are two impressive late 17th-century panelled rooms and a staircase. The front railings have been removed. Surrounding the courtyard, there is a stone house on three sides, dating from various earlier periods, with the back range believed to be the refectory of the Annivellars' College. This includes a medieval stone entrance arch, a 15th-century oak screen, and a stone fireplace. All the listed buildings in Cathedral Close are part of a group.
Local climate
5, 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 — 7 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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