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Summary

The former landscaped gardens of Exeleigh House were gradually encroached upon by the adjacent textile factory during the 20th century.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS91SE/188/1

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• GARDEN (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1855-1895, First Edition 1:500 Town Map (Cartographic). SDV338879.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Ordnance Survey, 1930 - 1939, Fourth Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV336668.

Garden shown with factory buildings encroaching on western side.

Ordnance Survey, 1963 - 1996, National Grid OS metric (Cartographic). SDV342278.

'Textile Factory' shown covering much of garden area, apart from extreme east around Exeleigh House, and southern tip between river and mill leat.

Cherry, B. + Pevsner, N., 1989, The Buildings of England: Devon, 818 (Monograph). SDV325629.

Higbee, L. + Collings, A. G., 2000, Archaeological Recording at John Heathcoat and Co., Leat Street, Tiverton, Devon, 3; figures 4 and 6 (Report - Watching Brief). SDV336285.

The gardens at Exeleigh House are shown on the Ordnance Survey (1890) 1:2500 map to extend to the east and south of the house between the River Exe and the mill leat. The 1841 tithe apportionment describes it as 'lawn' comprising a meadow of circa 2.5 hectares. The meadow was divided by a boundary running east to west and contained scattered trees. The textile factory to the west gradually encroached on the garden through the 20th century until by the time of the Ordnance Survey (1972) 1:2500 map the garden had gone.

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