Gateway to Palmer's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. Almshouse.

Gateway to Palmer's Almshouses

WRENN ID
upper-moat-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1953
Type
Almshouse
Address
Gateway to Palmer's Almshouses, Magdalen Street
OS grid reference
SX 922 922
Coordinates
50.72025, -3.52766
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gateway to Palmer's Almshouses, located on the north side of Magdalen Street, dates back to 1487, although the almshouses themselves were demolished in the mid-19th century. The structure features a Heavitree stone doorway with a gable-shaped superstructure and white stone pinnacles. There is a re-cut tablet, beneath which is another tablet that reads "Repaired by Nathaniel Rogers, MD 1878". Additionally, the coping has an inscription stating "Repaired by the Chamber, Anno 1759".

Local climate

Gateway to Palmer'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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