38-40, Southernhay East is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1974. House. 6 related planning applications.

38-40, Southernhay East

WRENN ID
outer-mortar-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1974
Type
House
Address
38-40, Southernhay East, EX1 1PE
OS grid reference
SX 923 924
Coordinates
50.72158, -3.52678
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

These are a pair of late 18th or early 19th century, three-storey red brick houses, numbered 38 and 40, located on Southernhay East. They have parapets and cornices, and number 38 features individual balconies to the first-floor windows. A porch has been added at a later date. Each house has two windows, featuring sash windows with glazing bars. The doorways are plain. The roofs are slate covered. These houses are part of a group that includes numbers 15 to 28, 30 to 36, and 45, 46, and 52, along with the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.

Local climate

38-40, Southernhay East 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 2017
  • Related listed building consents — 6 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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