Church House is a Grade II* listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. Civic. 1 related planning application.
Church House
- WRENN ID
- leaning-nave-magpie
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1953
- Type
- Civic
- Address
- Church House, Cathedral Close, EX1 1HX
- OS grid reference
- SX 920 924
- Coordinates
- 50.72206, -3.53042
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church House is a Grade II* listed building located in Cathedral Close, built on the site of the Cathedral Cloisters. The front of the building, which faces Deanery Place, is made of Heavitree stone and dates from the late 18th century. It features seven windows across three storeys and a basement, with a three-window centre that projects forward and a fluted cornice. Some of the glazing bars have been removed.
The back of the building, which faces the Cathedral, was originally a market or almshouses from the 17th century. This section is a two-storey plastered structure with a coved cornice, and four moulded posts that support the upper storey are still visible. The first floor has 18th-century sash windows with flush frames, while the ground floor, which used to be an open market, was filled in around 1840, featuring doors and windows from that period. The roof is covered with small grouted slates.
Currently, Church House is occupied by various offices related to the Cathedral, and the northern part serves as a Verger's house. All the listed buildings in Cathedral Close are part of a group value context.
Local climate
Church House 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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