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Oxford Road, EXETER, EX4 6QU

A much altered early C19th terrace of two-bay houses. Grade II listed.

A residential road on the edge of Exeter city centre, showing at least two phases of development

The street leads to the site of one of the wells supplying water to the medieval city. The block on the left is unusual in that the houses are accessed by a pavement above the facades of the shops

The northwestern side of the northeastern section of the street, looking the other way from the scene in Image, and taken from opposite the Odeon. The cupola of the Methodist Church is prominent, just before the junction with York Road.

The work carries on with help from the crane, whilst the dome of Sidwell Street Methodist church remains a prominent older feature. See Image] for a better look at the latter.

A pedestrian street between Well Street and Oxford Road. It runs parallel to York Road (hence the name)

There aren't many differences between this and Image, taken over two years later. But the shop next to the Odeon has changed; Bitsa This ... Bitsa That (no idea what they did) has been replaced by Hair Gem's (sic). Meanwhile the cinema advertised its films in 2006: "Alien Autopsy" and "She's The Man" - rather than its special offer. On the left side of the cinema, the next three or so buildings had been replaced by 2020 by a modern Tesco Express. Further down the street, the cupola of the grade II* listed Methodist church https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1224385?section=official-list-entry is prominent.

Under the mural is a ghost advertisement for Lamacraft; this was the name of an Exeter brewer in the 19th century

The Methodists were praying here in Exeter from the 1830s, but it was not until the nineteenth century that the present church was built. A smaller hall and schoolroom were opened in 1896 but it was soon felt that they needed expanding. A tender was put out for such and was eventually awarded to a French engineer, Paul Cottancin, who had patented a system of reinforced brickwork and concrete. With a tempting fee of a mere £9,600 he went ahead to oversee the project. However, he went bankrupt and was unable to finish the roof. The church was opened on May 3rd 1905, albeit with a temporary roof for a while.

Opened in 1905 and restored to its present clean looking state in 2005. History on http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_churches/sidwellmethodist.php