Ella's Adventures Blog

The chimney built to catch smugglers

Built in 1680 at the height of Exeter's wool trade boom, the Custom House was the first building in England purpose-built for that job, home to the officials who regulated...

The chimney built to catch smugglers

Built in 1680 at the height of Exeter's wool trade boom, the Custom House was the first building in England purpose-built for that job, home to the officials who regulated...

The building that's been almost everything

Here's the Guildhall fact that puts Exeter's civic life into perspective. There has been a hall on this exact site since at least the 12th century, and records suggest a...

The building that's been almost everything

Here's the Guildhall fact that puts Exeter's civic life into perspective. There has been a hall on this exact site since at least the 12th century, and records suggest a...

The crypt nobody knew was there

For as long as anyone could remember, historians assumed that Exeter cathedral had been built without a crypt at all, the theory being that its sandy, marshy ground simply couldn't...

The crypt nobody knew was there

For as long as anyone could remember, historians assumed that Exeter cathedral had been built without a crypt at all, the theory being that its sandy, marshy ground simply couldn't...

The room built for one birthday party

Here's a Powderham Castle story of a castle that has belonged to the same family, the Courtenays, for over 600 years, since building began on the Exe estuary in 1391,...

The room built for one birthday party

Here's a Powderham Castle story of a castle that has belonged to the same family, the Courtenays, for over 600 years, since building began on the Exe estuary in 1391,...

The peacock made of sunlight, hidden in a dome

Here is the Sheikh Lotfollah detail you can walk right under it and miss it. Everyone who steps into this mosque looks up, because the dome overhead really is one...

The peacock made of sunlight, hidden in a dome

Here is the Sheikh Lotfollah detail you can walk right under it and miss it. Everyone who steps into this mosque looks up, because the dome overhead really is one...

The gentlest garden in Iran, and its sharpest s...

Here is the Fin Garden detail I cannot stop thinking about, and it hides in the most peaceful spot in the place. You come for the calm, the oldest surviving...

The gentlest garden in Iran, and its sharpest s...

Here is the Fin Garden detail I cannot stop thinking about, and it hides in the most peaceful spot in the place. You come for the calm, the oldest surviving...