Doors 288 – Doors from Exeter, Devon – Part VI, October 2023
Can it really be 5 December already? This year has whooshed by at an alarming rate, and Christmas is just around the corner. I find this time of year quite tricky. The lack of daylight I am sure sets the tone, but my work also has a peak in December, as the teams I work with want to get everything lined up before the Christmas break, and while the Christmas period might then be ‘sorted’ and quiet for them, it is far from that for me and my team. I am also preparing for a crazy busy spring, although on the upside, I am likely to be ‘on tour’ again and should have the opportunity to visit some new towns and cities and snap up a few more doors.
This is the penultimate selection from Exeter, which I have really enjoyed sharing with you. It is amazing just how much ground I covered and how many doors I photographed in a two-hour walk. Today’s doors are a bit of an eclectic mix, but pretty much presented in chronological order. Enjoy.
This last pair of doors definitely makes it into my top ten for the year, possibly even my top three, so I expect you’ll be seeing them again in my annual round up.
As I mentioned earlier, next time will be the final selection from Exeter, before moving on to something a little different. Thank you for your patience. I hope you have a fine weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
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Like a lot of British cities, Exeter has some great doors. What is it you do for a living, Stephen? (says she, being nosy!)
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I work in strategic communications for a Government Agency. I am a civil servant.
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It sounds more exciting than mine, but I was a civil servant for 30+ years.
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Fabulous selection and I too love the last one, and penultimate.
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Thank you.
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Great selection, I went to school in Okehampton so we had many a field trip around Exeters old streets and ruins… the latter sadly gone, now housing estates. Do you think the coal bunker pic may have been a well?
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It might have been a well, I’ll bet there is something about it on the Interweb, but finding it is the trick.
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Curiosity got the better of me! Slightly off the mark but the interweb has thrown this at me… I never knew? https://the-past.com/feature/underground-exeter-water-for-the-city/
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That is a wonderful article, and right up my street. We have conduits in Bristol too – most famously St John’s Conduit, which runs down Park Street. I did a whole bunch of research on it a few years ago. Thank you for the link.
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You’re welcome – yeah, I thought so too. Fascinating stuff. Cheers
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These are wonderful doors and buildings, Steve. The gate house looks like it was built to be a large open arch. Do you think it was open at one point and filled in? If so, it’s the largest ghost door we’ve ever seen.
I love the rain downspout at the barristers chambers. Looks like nothing was overlooked in making that building fancy.
I do like your favorites. I’ve enjoyed Exeter and look forward to one more visit. I hope you have a nice weekend,
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Thanks Dan, I have no idea what is going on with the gatehouse. It might have been the dwelling for the gatekeepers and the gate itself might have been adjacent. Who knows? The schedule for Thursday doors works really well for me, rounding off Exeter and doing a review of 2024 before the Christmas break.
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Excellent choice of history.
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Wonderful doors and beautiful photos Stephen. I enjoy how your capture the walkup to the doors, or the path/roadway. I like the barristers chambers at Number 40 and the tiled walkway to the door. Makes it look quite a grand entrance.
I am partial to red doors and so the red door of Numbers 31 and 32 are lovely and elegant. I am intrigued the red’s doors dual purpose as an entrance for two flats…awesome!
Great share. Thank you!
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some fine doors!
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Thank you.
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