50A and 52, St Owen Street

50A and 52 St Owen Street are shops and dwellings that feature an early 20th-century front but have a core dating back to the 17th century. The building is constructed of roughcast with a Welsh slate roof that extends over the bays, and it has a brick stack on the left front and an 18th-century brick axial ridge stack on the right. It has a three-bay frame, is two storeys tall with an attic and cellar, and has a four-window range. The central windows are 6/1 sashes, flanked by canted bays with 4/1, 6/1, and 4/1 sashes, all of which are 20th-century with moulded cases. There are two gable dormers and a central flat-roofed dormer, all featuring paired 2/1 sashes with wrought-iron guards. The shop fronts are from the 20th century, with the left side having part-glazed panelled doors and a jetty on moulded brackets.

Inside, the building retains significant elements of the early 17th-century timber-framed structure, including some high-quality timbers. There is a winder staircase with stick balusters leading to the attic. On the first floor, there is a 17th-century moulded ceiling frame, a late 19th-century fireplace, and timber-frame partition walls. The ground floor also has a moulded ceiling frame and timber-frame partition walls. The cellar features a stone spiral stair and square-panel framing in the rear wing. Corner posts are visible on the first floor front, and while the roof is likely original, it is only partially visible. The roof of the rear wing has clasped principals.

For No. 52, there is a 19th-century winder staircase with stick balusters leading to the attic, which has a plank door. The first floor includes a moulded ceiling frame, 18th-century wall cupboards, a 19th-century tiled fireplace, three four-panel doors, a 19th-century fireplace, and a ceiling rose. The ground floor has a mutilated ceiling frame, and the cellar features a massive chamfered ceiling joist that is stone-lined.

Research by the City of Hereford Archaeology Unit indicates that this was an important merchant's house, and it occupies a site that now includes Nos 48, 50A, and 52 St Owen Street. Much of the timber framing remains intact across all three units, and to the rear of No. 50A is a later 17th-century wing with a lime plaster floor in its attic.