Kilsby House

Kilsby House, located at 11 Broad Street in Bromyard, is a former house, now used as shop premises. It dates from the 17th century and was re-faced around 1700. The building is constructed from red brick, painted to the front, with a slate roof and a brick stack to the east return. The plan is roughly square, with a narrower range attached to the rear.

The exterior is three storeys and four bays, roughly symmetrical, although slightly offset to the left of centre. The doorway has deep reveals and narrow pilasters, with a Gothick-style fanlight above. It is flanked by inserted shop fronts; the left-hand window, dating from the early 20th century, has narrow moulded pilasters, and the right-hand window is more recent. The first floor has six-over-six sash windows with moulded flush surrounds and projecting sills, set under flat-arched heads of gauged brick. The upper storey has three-over-three sash windows.

The interior was described in 1973 as having moulded plaster borders to the ceilings of two rooms and a fireplace dating from 1700; it has not been inspected since.

Bromyard is a market town first recorded around 840. No. 11 Broad Street sits on a main thoroughfare and is adjacent to the market square. The street was likely fully built up by the early 17th century.

Kilsby House dates from the 17th century and was re-faced and refurbished around 1700. It is designated at Grade II for its architectural interest as a good 17th-century building with later restrained classical detailing to the window and door surrounds, and for its group value with numerous other listed buildings in Broad Street.