Institute in Centre of North East Range at Wyvern Barracks is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1974. Military institute.

Institute in Centre of North East Range at Wyvern Barracks

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1974
Type
Military institute
Address
Institute in Centre of North East Range at Wyvern Barracks, Topsham Road
OS grid reference
SX 934 913
Coordinates
50.71194, -3.51073
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Institute in the centre of the North East Range at Wyvern Barracks, formerly known as the Institute in the Centre of North East Range at Topsham Barracks, was built in 1804. It is a well-preserved two-storey building featuring a five-window red brick front with a pediment. Atop the building is a square weatherboard clock tower with an octagonal cupola. The tympanum displays a large relief of the Royal Arms, accompanied by a recumbent lion and unicorn, with draped flags in the background. The building has a brick dentil cornice and a round-headed doorway that is framed by a rusticated plaster surround. The windows are sash style with glazing bars, and the roof is slate. On either side of the main structure are modern wings, each with nine windows, designed to match the original style.

Local climate

Institute in Centre of North East Range at Wyvern Barracks 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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