Downes

Downes House is a country house situated about one mile east of Crediton in Devon, England. The house is an 18th-century Palladian re-modelling of an earlier house.

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Type: Building
Description: country house in Crediton Hamlets, Devon, England, UK
Also known as: “Downes House” and “Downes, Crediton”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Crediton railway station and Crediton Library.

Crediton railway station

Railway station

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Crediton railway station is a railway station serving the town of Crediton in Devon, England. It is 7 miles 76 chains from Exeter Central at milepost 179.25 from London Waterloo. Crediton railway station is situated 3,800 feet west of Downes.

Crediton Library

Library

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Crediton Library is situated 1¼ miles west of Downes.

Methodist Church

Church

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Methodist Church is situated 1¼ miles west of Downes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crediton and Newton St Cyres.

Crediton

Town

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Crediton is a town and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England. It stands on the A377 Exeter to Barnstaple road at the junction with the A3072 road to Tiverton, 7 miles north west of Exeter and 14 miles from the M5 motorway.

Newton St Cyres

Village

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Newton St Cyres is a village, civil parish former manor and former ecclesiastical parish in Mid Devon, in the English county of Devon, located between Crediton and Exeter. Newton St Cyres is situated 2 miles southeast of Downes.