Broadway House, Topsham
| Broadway House | |
|---|---|
 Broadway House, Topsham | |
| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| Address | High Street, Topsham, Devon |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 50°41′07″N 3°27′58″W / 50.685304763639685°N 3.4662086042508893°W |
| Completed | 1776 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
Broadway House is a building in Topsham, Devon. It was built in 1776 and is Grade II* listed.[1][2]
Architecture
The building was built in the Georgian style of red brick in three storeys, with an Ionic dooracse with fluted pilasters and pediment.[3] The wrought iron railings and gate at the front of the house are also Grade II* listed.[4] There is a period walled garden at the rear of the house.[5]
History
Broadway House was built in 1776 for a merchant by the name of Mr Fryer.[1][6]
Francis William Locke Ross (fl. 1793–1860), a Royal Navy officer and ethnographer lived at Broadway House, which he opened to the public as a museum of antiquities and fossils.[7] Ross commissioned the construction of a monument in Topsham Cemetery to his father, Lieutenant Francis Ross, who had died at sea in 1794.[8][9] After Ross's death in 1860, his wife donated his collection held at Broadway House to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter.[7]
In the early 20th century the building housed a school of domestic training.[10]
References
- ^ a b Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1989). The buildings of England (2nd ed. extensively revised ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin books. ISBN 978-0-14-071050-2.
- ^ "Broadway House, Topsham, Devon". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ "BROADWAY HOUSE, Non Civil Parish - 1103877 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ "BOUNDARY WALL, PIERS AND GATES OF BROADWAY HOUSE, Non Civil Parish - 1333434 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ Penberthy-Hutchings, Tina (2 October 2018). "Take a look inside Topsham's most expensive house". Devon Live. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ "Geograph:: Broadway House, Topsham © Stephen Richards". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ a b "Portrait of Francis William Locke Ross Esq., after 1850. - Devon and Exeter Institution". collectionsexplorer.devonandexeterinstitution.org. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ "Francis William Locke Ross (1793-1860)". Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ "Lieutenant F. Ross". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ "Frood, Mrs Mary, the Misses Hester and Constance". Devon History Society. Retrieved 10 February 2025.