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Wynards, Magdalen Street, EXETER, EX2 4HX

Former almshouses, now private houses

These almshouses owe their existence to a William Wynard, a Recorder of Exeter, who established them in 1435. It appears that he benefited from a certain amount of gain from the proceeds of piracy - but many nobles did in those days. The almshouses offered shelter for twelve poor and infirm people, and were subject to a lot of modernisation and improvements over the centuries - today's Heavitree red stone façade with a central doorway is more Victorian in character. After a threat to demolish them in 1967, the council released the almshouses to be converted for the Citizen's Advice Bureau, and they later became private residences. Grade II listed.

With its red sandstone glowing almost unnaturally in the morning sun, this view of Image in the snow includes Magdalen Street and the junction with Magdalen Road on the other side of the Shutebrook valley.

Originally built in the 1430s, but much changed in C17, C18 and C19. Heavitree sandstone; escaped demolition in the 1950s; now converted into a number of flats. The chapel, towards the far end, is also seen in Image Details at http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=417491&mode=adv . The road is the busy Magdalen Street, part of the city's inner ring road.

Meeting House of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Built in 1876 to a design by Edward Appleton, its pointed window arches suggest a Gothic revival style, unusual for Quakers, which is developed in its distinctive apse (a polygonal rear wall). It is the second Meeting House to stand on the site, which has belonged to Quakers since 1690. https://heritage.quaker.org.uk/files/Exeter%20LM.pdf

The sandstone buildings surround a central courtyard; the block has been converted into homes.

The Quakers have moved several times in Exeter since freedom of worship arrived in 1690. This building dates from 1876. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1485720 To the right is Exeter Combined Court Centre.

The almshouses have been converted into residences.

The eye hospital was built in 1901 and was used until its work was transferred to the main hospital nearly a century later. It is brick-built, with good detail on the upper storeys and surrounding walls. The building has been converted into a boutique hotel, The Magdalen Chapter (taking its name from the road that passes the front)

On the left is the chapel of Wynards Hospital, restored in the mid-C19. Beyond Wynards Lane, which leads to Image, a mix of old and new terraces.