Devon Assoc Buildings

Buckland Abbey #Devon Founded as a Cistercian abbey in 1278, dissolved in 1539 and sold in 1541. Church retained as principal component of new house while most of the rest was demolished, including the transepts to let light into a central hall under the tower. 📸: my own

Devonshire Dialect Dictionary For more details and DDD words see devonassoc.org.uk/ddd-the-dictio………… inederzide = behind

Booking is now open for our President's Symposium 10 May exploring Devon's World-Class Heritage through our 6 UNESCO sites. It's going to be a really interesting day devonassoc.org.uk/presidents-sym…

Devonshire Dialect Dictionary For more details and DDD words see devonassoc.org.uk/ddd-the-dictio…… gally = to scare

Devonshire Dialect Dictionary For more details and DDD words see devonassoc.org.uk/ddd-the-dictio… Fairies' Basins = the buttercup

The 15th-century rood screen at Ayshford Chapel in Devon has a subtle 19th-century polychromatic colour scheme.

Much of Exeter’s City Wall still stands. Built by the Romans about 200A.D. repaired many times since. #wallsonwednesday #Exeter

Footage here from #Exeter in the 1940s, showing cleanup efforts following WWII bombing raids. #History 💙

This evening @Our_Exeter takes you back in time 95 years from 2025 to 1930 and the approx location of the stunning Dellers Cafe on the corner of Bedford St & High St in #Exeter Damaged in WWII, but said to be salvageable, the decision for demolition was controversially taken.🧵