Archway Between the 2 Blocks is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. A Late 16th century Archway.
Archway Between the 2 Blocks
- WRENN ID
- worn-moulding-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1953
- Type
- Archway
- Address
- Archway Between the 2 Blocks, Heavitree Road
- OS grid reference
- SX 935 924
- Coordinates
- 50.72199, -3.50984
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The archway between the two blocks on Heavitree Road dates from 1591 to 1594 and features a commemorative tablet marking the original foundation by Sir Robert and Sir Thomas Dennis. It is part of the Livery Dole Almshouses, along with the chapel and wall, which together form a group.
Local climate
Archway Between the 2 Blocks 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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