1-4 Warehouse Vaults is a Grade II* listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1953. Warehouse.

1-4 Warehouse Vaults

WRENN ID
quartered-turret-pigeon
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1953
Type
Warehouse
Address
1-4 Warehouse Vaults, the Quay
OS grid reference
SX 920 921
Coordinates
50.71853, -3.53051
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Warehouse Vaults, consisting of Nos 1 to 4, is an impressive structure built in 1825. It features a five-storey block with four windows, constructed from white limestone and accented with red stone dressings. The openings have segmental heads and keystones. Number 1 is a three-storey annex that showcases well-designed splayed Georgian bays on the upper floors. The building is topped with slate roofs. All the listed buildings on the Quay form a group.

Local climate

1-4 Warehouse Vaults 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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