Livery Dole almshouses, Exeter
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Livery Dole almshouses, Exeter
Image: © Richard Dorrell Taken: 29 Dec 2009
In 1848, while the new almshouses were being built at Livery Dole, a reward of £10 was offered for the names of those who had vandalised the partly built structure. The next year, the newly completed dwellings were visited by Lord Rolle. The new buildings did not meet with everyone's approval, and a scathing letter in the Flying Post in December 1849 castigated the planners and architects for erecting a "deformity and disgrace".
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Image Location
Latitude
50.721975
Longitude
-3.509966