The half-timbered Elizabethan Museum (no 70), the dark red brick Manor (now a community education centre), a late 18C Gothic house (in Bank Lane) and other attractive buildings (nos 48 and 52) testify to Totnes' former prosperity.

These narrow passages hollowed out in the 13C to serve as an aqueduct were in use until the 19C. In view of the confined space, a tour is not recommended for people suffering from claustrophobia.

The quay dates from the days when Exeter was a port, during a period of prosperity which was brought to an abrupt end in the 13C when Isabella of Devon built a weir across the river and diverted all trade from Exeter to Topsham. By the 16C, the river was no longer navigable so the first ship canal in England was dug (1563-1566). The Quay House Interpretation Centre presents models, paintings and artefacts and an audio-visual history of Exeter.

This sandstone building was once the guest quarters of a Benedictine priory founded in 1087 which later became an Elizabethan merchant's home. In the Norman crypt, massive round columns support low ribbed vaulting. The Guest Hall and Prior's Room have handsome timber roofs and contain 16-17C furniture.