| Broadway House | |
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 Broadway House, Topsham | |
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| General information | |
| Type | House |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| Address | High Street, Topsham, Devon |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 50°41′07″N3°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]
The building was built in the Georgian style of red brick in three storeys, with an Ionic dooracse with fluted pilasters and pediment. [2] The wrought iron railings and gate at the front of the house are also Grade II* listed. [3] There is a period walled garden at the rear of the house. [4]
Broadway House was built in 1776 for a merchant by the name of Mr Fryer. [5]
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 musuem of antiquities and fossils. [6] Ross commissioned the construction of a monument in Topsham Cemetary to his father, Lieutenant Francis Ross, who had died at sea in 1794. [7] [8] After Ross's death in 1860, his wife donated his collection held at Broadway House to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter. [6]
In the early 20th century the building housed a school of domestic training. [9]