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Latitude: 50.718 / 50°43'4"N
Longitude: -3.5163 / 3°30'58"W
OS Eastings: 293052
OS Northings: 92028
OS Grid: SX930920
Mapcode National: GBR P1.99VX
Mapcode Global: FRA 37J5.V81
Plus Code: 9C2RPF9M+6F
Entry Name: Matford House
Listing Date: 18 September 2003
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1390692
English Heritage Legacy ID: 491172
ID on this website: 101390692
Location: St Leonard's, Exeter, Devon, EX2
County: Devon
District: Exeter
Electoral Ward/Division: Newtown and St Leonard's
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Exeter
Traditional County: Devon
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon
Church of England Parish: Exeter St Leonard
Church of England Diocese: Exeter
Tagged with: House
871/0/10175 WONFORD ROAD
18-SEP-03 Matford House
GV II
House; now convent. Circa 1840; altered late C19 and late C20. Stuccoed. Slate hipped roof with deep bracketed eaves. Rendered stacks with yellow clay pots.
PLAN: Double-depth plan with central entrance on south west front, two large bays on the north west garden front and service wings to the rear north east.
Italianate style.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 5-bay south west front; windows in eared moulded architraves, ground floor with cambered arches with keyblocks and 12-pane sashes, first floor sashes have C20 leaded panes; moulded stringcourse; central cambered arch doorway with canopy on large console brackets, panelled reveals and panelled and glazed door. 3:1:3 bay north west garden front with elaborate eaves cornice and stringcourse continued around two large 2-storey canted bays with similar fenestration to that at front; set back on left 2-bay service wing with replaced windows. Service wings extend to north east.
INTERIOR: Principal rooms with moulded ceiling cornices, chimneypieces and panelled doors; late C19 staircase with large Jacobethan newels, cast-iron balustrade and heavy moulded handrail; servants' stairs with stick balusters and column newel. Chapel on first floor formed late C20.
Matford House is one of a group of mid C19 stuccoed villas.
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