Tourist attractions Moretonhampstead

The Romanesque towers of the transept are the oldest part of Exeter Cathedral; most of the edifice was remodelled in the 13C and completed in the 14C. Inside, the most striking feature is the tierceron vault , in the nave that reaches over 91m. Also..

When he discovered that he was descended from a Norman aristocrat, Dru or Drogo, who lived in the 12C, the rich grocer Julius Drewe had Edwin Lutyens create an extraordinary castle in his name. The castle was built 1911-1930 from granite taken from D..

The Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Thomas of Canterbury (1170) is said to have been founded by William de Tracey in atonement for his part in St Thomas Becket's murder. The church has been restored but principally dates from the 15C and contain..

This building, built in memory of Prince Albert (1896), contains superb collections of artefacts covering four main areas of interest: natural history, archeology, ethnography and fine and decorative arts. The natural history section (animal, vegetab..

This three-arched, 16C granite bridge in the north of Dartmoor National Park spans Fingle Gorge. On the hilltop stand the ruins of an Iron Age hillfort, Prestonbury Castle .

The 20m-high Becky Falls are near the village of Manaton in Dartmoor National Park, north of Plymouth. The area is criss-crossed by nature trails, making it a good departure point for walks on the moors. South of Manaton, near Haytor Vale, are the H..

This two-story stone house has a loggia on its façade with seven octagonal columns and dates back to 1537, when it was the village hospice.

St Pancras is a vast building that is 32m long and in the Perpendicular style, flanked with a 40m-high red granite tower. It is sometimes called the Cathedral of the Moors . The barrel vault is decorated with fine sculpted bosses.

This sandstone building was once the guest quarters of a Benedictine priory founded in 1087 which later became an Elizabethan merchant's home. In the Norman crypt, massive round columns support low ribbed vaulting. The Guest Hall and Prior's Room hav..

The quay dates from the days when Exeter was a port, during a period of prosperity which was brought to an abrupt end in the 13C when Isabella of Devon built a weir across the river and diverted all trade from Exeter to Topsham. By the 16C, the river..

The most striking features of this old municipal building are the magnificently decorated Tudor portico , added in 1593, the Chamber with a timber roof dating from 1468-1470, and the ornate Elizabethan oak panelling .

The Close is diamond-shaped with the cathedral in the centre and the red sandstone bishops' palace with its distinctive gables almost adjacent to it. Its limits are marked by the old city wall , St Martin's Church , Mol's Coffee House , a 1596 tim..

The new university buildings, including the Northcott Theatre, occupy the Streatham estate (140 ha). The grounds are recognised as the most beautiful and botanically interesting of any British university.

The present abbey was consecrated in 1932, 900 years after its foundation under King Canute (1016-1035). The new church is Norman in style, following the plan of the Cistercian house dissolved under Henry VIII. The High Altar is decorated with gold..

The ruins of the castle (Castle Lane), which was originally a fortified Norman feudal mound, were rebuilt in the 13C. The guardroom, a barbican, interior and exterior farmyards, a keep and a tower containing a staircase were added.