10 And 12, Broad Street

10 and 12 Broad Street, Bromyard

An attached former house, now with ground-floor shop premises. The building has a late 16th-century timber-framed core that was remodelled in the 18th century and again in the 19th century when the roof was raised to create a third storey.

The structure is built from red brick laid in Flemish bond and coursed stone rubble, with a slate roof and stone-capped parapet. The plan is roughly rectangular with two wings and later rear additions.

The building presents three storeys across five bays. The north front sits on a stone plinth with stone skirting. The central doorway has a semi-circular arched head with a projecting gabled hood carried on consoles. Above the six-panelled door is a semi-circular fanlight. The entrance is flanked by two shop fronts: the right-hand (west) one is earlier, comprising three arched recesses with stucco margins—the central one with a plate-glass window and the right with a doorway, while the left also has a plate-glass window. To the left (east) of the central entrance is a late 19th-century shop front with fluted pilasters and consoles flanking a plain fascia, cast-iron colonettes separating window panes on either side of a recessed doorway.

The upper storeys display symmetrical fenestration: the first floor has five six-over-six sash windows, each with a flushed, camber-headed lintel of stucco and a plain string course at sill level. The second-floor windows are 19th-century replacements, consisting of three-over-three horned sashes set in slightly recessed sash boxes.

Bromyard is a small market town first recorded around 840. Broad Street, one of the principal thoroughfares adjacent to the market square, appears to have been fully built up by the early 17th century, though individual plots have been redeveloped since. Historic building analysis undertaken in 2009 indicates that this property retains a timber-framed core of possible late 16th-century date beneath its 18th-century brick refronting and 19th-century roof alteration. The building demonstrates the architectural evolution typical of Broad Street, which contains a large number of listed buildings.