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The bomb damaged remains of St Catherine's Almshouses and chapel is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the ruins of a medieval charitable foundation located north of Exeter Cathedral. The site includes the structural remains of the almshouses themselves and an associated chapel, along with the adjacent canon's house, all of which suffered significant destruction during the Second World War bombing campaigns that affected Exeter. The monument represents the physical legacy of medieval charitable provision and cathedral administration, with the surviving masonry and foundations providing evidence of the building's medieval origins and subsequent occupation. The wartime damage visible in the standing remains serves as a historical record of the aerial bombardment that affected the city during 1942.
Bomb damaged remains of St Catherine's Almshouses and chapel and adjacent canon's house, 140m north of the Cathedral is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019046. View the official record →
The bomb damaged remains of St Catherine's Almshouses and chapel is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the ruins of a medieval charitable foundation located north of Exeter Cathedral.
Bomb damaged remains of St Catherine's Almshouses and chapel and adjacent canon's house, 140m north of the Cathedral is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1019046.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval bridge and part of a late medieval conduit under Holloway Street (0.7 km), Little John's Cross (2.4 km), St Loye's Chapel and cross, Rifford Road (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bomb damaged remains of St Catherine's Almshouses and chapel and adjacent canon's house, 140m north of the Cathedral's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bomb damaged remains of St Catherine's Almshouses and chapel and adjacent canon's house, 140m north of the Cathedral stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.