Boundary walls to Exeter Jewish cemetery

Boundary walls to Jewish burial ground, first built in 1757 and extended in 1807, 1827 and 1851; restored in 2019.

MATERIALS: the boundary walls are of red sandstone, red brick and buff sandstone.

DESCRIPTION: the walls largely enclose the burial ground on four sides, with access from Magdalen Street through an arch within the northern wall. The arch has sandstone imposts and a keystone and is fitted with metal gates which lead directly into the ohel (the ohel is not of special interest). Red sandstone blocks are used as a plinth along the northern wall, possibly evidence of the first boundary wall (1757), and the wall here has a flat coping. The eastern boundary wall has brick pilasters, and a section to the south appears to have been replaced with modern fencing.