[1][2] 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.

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.

[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.