Higher Barracks is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1974. Barracks. 1 related planning application.

Higher Barracks

WRENN ID
knotted-kitchen-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1974
Type
Barracks
Address
Higher Barracks, Howell Road, EX4 4UX
OS grid reference
SX 920 934
Coordinates
50.73097, -3.53042
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Higher Barracks is a building constructed in 1792 and 1867. It is made of red brick and features slate roofs. The structure is two storeys high and has sash windows, some of which are arched and include glazing bars. The north range has a hipped slate roof topped with a central cupola that houses a clock and a weathervane. The east and west ranges are notable for their first-floor iron verandahs.

Local climate

Higher 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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