Remains of St Catherine's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. Almshouses.
Remains of St Catherine's Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- north-rafter-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1953
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Remains of St Catherine's Almshouses, Catherine Street
- OS grid reference
- SX 921 926
- Coordinates
- 50.72375, -3.52939
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of St Catherine's Almshouses, located on Catherine Street, date back to the 15th century and were endowed by the will of John Stevens, proved in 1460. This two-storey building is constructed from Heavitree stone and originally housed 13 poor men. Some original square and pointed stone windows can still be seen on the curved frontage facing Catherine Street and Chapel Lane. Additionally, there are pointed stone doors and windows from three or four of the dwellings that open onto a very small internal court. Excavations in this court, following damage, uncovered two fragments of Roman pavement, as well as a fireplace.
Local climate
Remains of St Catherine's Almshouses 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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