Did you know? You can still see the remains of some significant quarries in east Exeter. For some houses, the quarry face is their garden wall!
Heavitree Breccia is our local stone. It starts here and reaches out. Many of Exeter’s most interesting and historic buildings are built of it. It has a character all of its own. It’s a deep, Devonian red but is particularly characterised by being very coarse in texture. And it’s ours!
We are a network of artists and experts loosely based in Heavitree, working work shoulder to shoulder with the local community to celebrate Heavitree Breccia and the quarries that source it!!
There are many ways to engage with this wonderful material. From its original deposition in the flash flood events of a Permian desert, to the story of the Mediaeval quarrymen who helped build this City. From the fascinating texture and nature of the rock itself to the way variations in its use can inform our economic understanding.
Come in and see!!
Great House Wonford
Down where Birch Court now stands, and where the Gardeners’ Arms stood until 1998, was an intriguing building called the Great House. This shows on old maps made before the mid 1800s but it was only in 2000/01 that an archaeological excavation revealed that it was a moated medieval house, going back to at least the ...Read more