Bury Meadow

Designation:
All on Devon Local List
Type:
  • Public Park
Parish:
Exeter
Local Authority:
Exeter
OS Grid Ref:
SX 915 931
Map no.:
Landranger 192
Description:

Bury Meadow was opened to the public in 1846.  The park has municipal limestone gatepiers matching those to ExeterCollege, opposite.  Bury Meadow Cottage was a former toll house.  The park  is overlooked by the pleasant paired villas of Velwell Road which were built by John and Charles Ware in the 1860’s.

References

Cherry & Pevsner: The Buildings of England – Devon, 1989: 539

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