Bishop’s Court, Devon
Bishop's Court is a large 21,000 sq ft English country house and former Bishop's palace in Sowton, Devon, near Exeter. It was built in the 13th century and is Grade I listed.- Type: Estate
- Description: building in Devon, England
- Also known as: “Bishop’s Court” and “Bishops Court”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sowton Village Hall and Digby and Sowton railway station.
Sowton Village Hall
Community center
Photo: Roger Cornfoot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sowton Village Hall is a community center.
Digby and Sowton railway station
Railway station
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Digby & Sowton is a railway station on the Avocet Line of the Devon Metro in Exeter, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clyst St Mary and Clyst Heath.
Clyst St Mary
Village
Clyst St Mary is a small village and civil parish 3 miles east of Exeter on the main roads to Exmouth and Sidmouth in East Devon. The name comes from the Celtic word clyst meaning 'clear stream'.
Clyst Heath
Locality
Today Clyst Heath is a suburb to the south east of the city of Exeter, Devon, England. An area of relatively high ground to the west of the River Clyst, it remained heathland until the early nineteenth century when it was cultivated for the first time.
Digby
Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Digby is a hamlet on the eastern edge of the city of Exeter in Devon, England, located by Clyst Heath. Between 1886 and 1987 it was the location of Exeter Lunatic Asylum, later known as Digby Hospital.
Bishop’s Court, Devon
- Categories: country house, episcopal palace, and agriculture
- Location: Sowton, East Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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