A community-commissioned exploration and celebration of Heavitree Stone!
St Clare’s Chapel is situated at the top of Heavitree Fore Street, where the route from the quarries forks on the way into central Exeter. But is it St Clare, the more well-known 13th century founder of the religious order of Poor Clares, or St Clarus, the 9th century English missionary martyred in Normandy? According … Read more
St Anne’s Orthodox Church is easily missed, set back from Blackboy roundabout behind a brick gateway and small garden. But the chapel and several of the surrounding almshouses are lovely examples of Heavitree Stone buildings. Little is known about the history of the site. A chapel of St Anne was known to Bishop Grandisson in … Read more