Higher Barracks, Exeter

Richard Parker, 2007. https://doi.org/10.5284/1000281. How to cite using this DOI

Digital Object Identifiers

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are persistent identifiers which can be used to consistently and accurately reference digital objects and/or content. The DOIs provide a way for the ADS resources to be cited in a similar fashion to traditional scholarly materials. More information on DOIs at the ADS can be found on our help page.

Citing this DOI

The updated Crossref DOI Display guidelines recommend that DOIs should be displayed in the following format:

https://doi.org/10.5284/1000281
Sample Citation for this DOI

Richard Parker (2007) Higher Barracks, Exeter [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1000281

Data copyright © Exeter Archaeology unless otherwise stated

This work is licensed under the ADS Terms of Use and Access.
Creative Commons License


Exeter Archaeology logo

Primary contact

Dr John Allan
Exeter Archaeology
The Custom House
The Quay
Exeter
EX2 4AN
England

Send e-mail enquiry

Resource identifiers

Digital Object Identifiers

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are persistent identifiers which can be used to consistently and accurately reference digital objects and/or content. The DOIs provide a way for the ADS resources to be cited in a similar fashion to traditional scholarly materials. More information on DOIs at the ADS can be found on our help page.

Citing this DOI

The updated Crossref DOI Display guidelines recommend that DOIs should be displayed in the following format:

https://doi.org/10.5284/1000281
Sample Citation for this DOI

Richard Parker (2007) Higher Barracks, Exeter [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1000281

Downloads

Text and figures from the report are available to download here. Higher resolution tif images can be made available on request.

PDF files:

The Higher Barracks, Howell Road, Exeter, Devon, England by Richard Parker PDF 428 Kb
Captions for figures PDF 37 Kb

JPG images:

Records 1 - 20 of 83


Thumbnail of fig-01.jpg
fig-01.jpg
fig-01.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-01.jpg
Fig. 1. Map of Devon showing the sites of the new barracks established during the period of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.
JPG
fig-01.jpg
fig-01.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
101 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-02.jpg
fig-02.jpg
fig-02.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-02.jpg
Fig. 2. John Hayman's map of Exeter, made in 1805 at the height of the invasion scare, showing the Cavalry Barracks (A), the 1803 extension to the barracks (B), the 'Ammunition Ground' at St Anne's Chapel (C) and the Castle (D). The Artillery Barracks are off the map to the south east (E).
JPG
fig-02.jpg
fig-02.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
1.33 Mb
Thumbnail of fig-03.jpg
fig-03.jpg
fig-03.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-03.jpg
Fig. 3. View of the rear of the workshop range at the south-eastern corner of the site showing the sloping courses and pilaster buttresses of the 1790s boundary wall incorporated in the rear of the building.
JPG
fig-03.jpg
fig-03.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
165 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-04.jpg
fig-04.jpg
fig-04.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-04.jpg
Fig. 4. Extract from Wood's map of Exeter, 1840, showing the site after the demolition of most of the buildings within the 1803 compound. The Barrack Master's House (A) and the Royal Engineer's Office (B) remain at the head of the site. (C) was an infection ward attached to the hospital.
JPG
fig-04.jpg
fig-04.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
159 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-05.jpg
fig-05.jpg
fig-05.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-05.jpg
Fig. 5. Extracts from the 1876 OS 1:500 map Sheet 80.6.2 showing the upper part of the main barracks quadrangle (right) and the ancillary buildings within the former 1803 compound (left).
JPG
fig-05.jpg
fig-05.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
946 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-06.jpg
fig-06.jpg
fig-06.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-06.jpg
Fig. 6. Extracts from the 1876 OS 1:500 maps Sheets 80.6.7 and 80.6.8, showing the lower part of the main barracks quadrangle (right) and the Married Soldiers' Quarters within the former 1803 compound (left) .
JPG
fig-06.jpg
fig-06.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
1.21 Mb
Thumbnail of fig-07.jpg
fig-07.jpg
fig-07.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-07.jpg
Fig. 7. The barracks site at the time of recording in 1998-9, showing the modern buildings, temporary huts and the MOD numbers for each building.
JPG
fig-07.jpg
fig-07.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
185 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-08.jpg
fig-08.jpg
fig-08.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-08.jpg
Fig. 8. A 19th-or early 20th-century postcard of the Artillery Barracks in Topsham Road, Exeter (built 1803-6) showing the stable and accommodation ranges flanking the parade ground (Ian Jubb's Exeter Collection)
JPG
fig-08.jpg
fig-08.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
117 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-09.jpg
fig-09.jpg
fig-09.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-09.jpg
Fig. 9. Postcard view of the entrance to Higher Barracks guarded by both men and cannon, showing the original gate piers and iron overthrow (Ian Jubb's Exeter Collection).
JPG
fig-09.jpg
fig-09.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
131 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-10.jpg
fig-10.jpg
fig-10.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-10.jpg
Fig. 10. Plans of the Guard House, Workshops and Veterinary Stables showing the suggested phases of their development. Based on measured drawings by Exeter Archaeology.
JPG
fig-10.jpg
fig-10.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
391 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-11.jpg
fig-11.jpg
fig-11.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-11.jpg
Fig. 11. View of the Guard House showing the verandah and the main gateway (left). The original limit of the building before 1803 was roughly on the line of the seventh column from the left (Drawing by R.W.Parker).
JPG
fig-11.jpg
fig-11.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
220 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-12.jpg
fig-12.jpg
fig-12.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-12.jpg
Fig. 12. View of the workshop building at the south-western corner of the compound, showing the Farriers' Workshop and Shoeing Shed (left) and, under a separate roof, the Royal Engineers' Stores and Funeral Carriage Shed (right).
JPG
fig-12.jpg
fig-12.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
106 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-13.jpg
fig-13.jpg
fig-13.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-13.jpg
Fig. 13. View of the equipment in the Farriers' Workshop, showing the high-level tank, the ?tempering vat and the site of the forge (right).
JPG
fig-13.jpg
fig-13.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
136 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-14.jpg
fig-14.jpg
fig-14.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-14.jpg
Fig. 14. Detail of the roof of the Farriers' Workshop showing a typical roof truss.
JPG
fig-14.jpg
fig-14.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
156 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-15.jpg
fig-15.jpg
fig-15.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-15.jpg
Fig. 15. View of the front elevation of the Veterinary Stables, showing the southern and central blocks. (left) and the heavily altered northern block (right).
JPG
fig-15.jpg
fig-15.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
134 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-16.jpg
fig-16.jpg
fig-16.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-16.jpg
Fig. 16. View of the interior of the Veterinary Stables showing the remains of the horse stalls, mangers and tethering rings.
JPG
fig-16.jpg
fig-16.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
107 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-17.jpg
fig-17.jpg
fig-17.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-17.jpg
Fig. 17. Ground- and first-floor plans of the Hospital showing the suggested phases of its development. Based on survey drawings by Nationwide Surveys.
JPG
fig-17.jpg
fig-17.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
340 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-18.jpg
fig-18.jpg
fig-18.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-18.jpg
Fig. 18. The main elevation of the Hospital, showing the break (discernible between the second and third pair of windows from left) between the original 1790s building and the extension of 1803.
JPG
fig-18.jpg
fig-18.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
129 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-19.jpg
fig-19.jpg
fig-19.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-19.jpg
Fig. 19. South elevation of the Hospital, showing the latrine tower projecting from its south-western corner.
JPG
fig-19.jpg
fig-19.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
167 Kb
Thumbnail of fig-20.jpg
fig-20.jpg
fig-20.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
fig-20.jpg
Fig. 20. Detail of the studwork of the first-floor partition between the stairs and the northern wards, showing the carpenters' marks.
JPG
fig-20.jpg
fig-20.jpg
[DOWNLOAD] (Full Resolution) right-click and save link
105 Kb



ADS logo
Data Org logo
University of York logo