The House That Moved

The House That Moved
Front three quarters image of The House That Moved, showing its position on the corner, and clearly showing the half-timbered overhanging construction
The House That Moved
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Former namesThe Merchant House
The Tudor House[1]
General information
Architectural styleLate Middle Ages Half-timbered
ClassificationGrade II listed building[2]
Address24 West Street
Formerly 16 Edmund Street
Town or cityExeter
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates50°43′11″N 3°32′05″W / 50.71977°N 3.53479°W / 50.71977; -3.53479
Estimated completion1450
RelocatedDecember 1961
Dimensions
Weight30 long tons (67,000 lb) (frame only)
Technical details
Floor count3 + cockloft[3]
Floor area180 square feet (17 m2)[4]

The House That Moved is a historic building in Exeter, originally built in the late Middle Ages and relocated in 1961 when the entire street it was on was demolished to make way for a new bypass road linked to the replacement of the city's bridge over the River Exe.

  1. ^ "On the move after six hundred years: an ancient Exeter House's transit". Illustrated London News. 23 December 1961. p. 1109.
  2. ^ "24, West Street". National Heritage List for England.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference houses was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Highways Act 1959 and The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1956". Express and Echo. 20 October 1960.