{"id":186,"date":"2018-04-01T00:08:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T23:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heavitreequarrytrails.org.uk\/?p=186"},"modified":"2018-10-19T23:03:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T22:03:29","slug":"h-hope-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clarebryden.co.uk\/hqt\/h-hope-road\/","title":{"rendered":"H Hope Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You might easily miss Hope Road. Its entrance at the corner of Butts Road and Wonford Street is very narrow, and at its exit into Hoker Road it looks like a service road. But it\u2019s full of character and quirks such as Hope Hall, the former Baptist church, near the bottom; a lovely row of terraces facing a monstrously high wall; and a great variety of walling and plant life in the top section round the corner.<\/p>\n

Hope Road appears on the 1801 drawing for the first Ordnance Survey map of Exeter, and is labelled on the 1887-89 Ordnance Survey map as Muddy Lane. It was renamed Hope Road on the building of the Baptist church in 1905.<\/p>\n

There is a short section of dressed Heavitree Stone at the entrance and more higher up forming a retaining wall. This is topped by a high and decorative brick boundary wall for a property behind. There is a large house marked on the 1887-89 map, but the care home now on the site looks more recent. There is more Heavitree Stone at the top end of the road. Some forms the base for a lovely short section of vibrant red cob.<\/p>\n

Further down Wonford Street on the 1887-89 map is the Gardeners\u2019 Arms. The 1801 drawing shows the previous building on the site: the Great House, a moated medieval house. It is possible that the Hope Road remains are some of the boundary walls from the Great House estate.<\/p>\n

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  1. Ordnance Survey drawing, 1801 - http:\/\/british-library.georeferencer.com\/map\/jO41Jg8nkq03K1FYgn9sGH\/201202131810-1t5mQA\/visualize<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Ordnance Survey map, 1887-89 - https:\/\/maps.nls.uk\/view\/106003481<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Discovering Exeter 3\/Heavitree - https:\/\/www.exetercivicsociety.org.uk\/shop\/discovering-exeter\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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