The Law Library is a Grade I listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. A Probably C15 (roof) Hall.
The Law Library
- WRENN ID
- old-plinth-blackthorn
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Exeter
- Constituency
- Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1953
- Type
- Hall
- Address
- The Law Library, Cathedral Close, EX1 1EZ
- OS grid reference
- SX 921 926
- Coordinates
- 50.72305, -3.52905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Law Library is a two-storey hall located in Cathedral Close, dating back to the 15th century. It features a rebuilt gallery over the screens and boasts a fine three-bay hammerbeam roof with moulded timbers, carved bosses, and angels on the hammerbeams. This building has always been associated with legal activities, and it is possible that the hall served as an ecclesiastical court. The listed buildings in Cathedral Close are recognized as a group.
Local climate
The Law Library 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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