house that moved

In December 1961 this 14th or 15th Century house was moved 90 meters and turned through 90 degree to make way for a new road. It was estimated that the house weighed 21 tons.

[virtualbrownie]

Great shot - they made a lovely job rebuilding it

[Steve]

@virtualbrownie sorry for confusion, the building was physically lifted onto a cradle and moved as a complete building, not dismantled and rebuilt..

[virtualbrownie]

That is even more impressive

[Penelope Ann]

This is an amazing building that my dad was proud to be associated with ! A real piece of history and a great photo

[Steve]

@pennystot Tell more!!

[Penelope Ann]

@sjc88 dad was a builder/bricklayer working in the Exeter region and as part of the moving/consulting team. His work can still be seen at the University, Oedeon cinema, St.Luke's College and much more. We always joked that Exeter would be a flatter place without Dad

[Dawn Moder]

Wow! Love the history itself! Great shot!

[Steve]

@pennystot well watch out there may be more of his handiwork to follow who knows!

[Steve]

@38dcmoder thank hope you continue to enjoy my postings

[🐞Lucy Dolittle]

How incredible is that? What a beautiful property - what a risk In moving it.

[Barbara Donnellan]

What a fabulous building and a great history to go with it!

[Linsey]

Nice find, fabulous building!

[Nefrit]

Love these historic buildings. Thank you for sharing and relating the great backstory. Wonderful the building was preserved.

[Jenn Marie]

Love that house..its really cool looking and has a great history

[Steve]

@lucypics @cherryred @nefrit @kiscsillag @barbarajdonnellan thank you for the comments, I appreciate the reference to the back story, makes it worthwhile putting in the extra effort.