The House That Moved In Exeter
by Richard Brookes
Title
The House That Moved In Exeter
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Richard Brookes
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The House That Moved is an old merchant's house in Exeter dating from 1500 or possibly earlier (i.e.Tudor or medieval). Having survived the slum clearances of the 1920s to 1930s and the devastation of Exeter's city centre by the Luftwaffe Baedeker raids in Spring 1942 the building was scheduled for demolition to make way for a new inner bypass road. In 1961 archaeologists saved the historically important building by convincing the city council to spend �10,000 to move the building 90m from the corner of Edmund Street and Frog Street up hill to its current location at West Gate, one of the original entrances to the city from the River Exe. Remnants of the old city wall, dating back to Roman times can be seen to the left. An adjustable frame of timber supports were placed around the building and the whole house was jacked up, put on wheels and inched along slowly on rails up a hill (in places a 1 in 10 gradient). Quite a feat. Taken in December.
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January 15th, 2017
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Comments (3)
Catherine Sullivan
Good angle and a very interesting description Richard. I’ll add it to my list of places of interest to visit, thank you.
Richard Brookes replied:
Thank you Catherine. I'm pleased it is of interest and hope you get to visit soon!
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