29, Old Road

This is a 17th-century dwelling with a later rear extension. The house is built of small timber framing with brick infill, and has a clay-tiled roof and a brick chimney stack. The main range is oriented roughly southwest to northeast, parallel with Old Road, and has two bays, with a perpendicular range extending to the rear, forming an L-shaped plan.

The front elevation has two bays and two storeys, with a built-in attic containing two dormers. At ground-floor level, there is a solid door on the far right and a glazed door on the left, both set within frame members with carved bases. There are two casement windows between the doors, with nine and six lights respectively, and projecting sills. Irregularly positioned braces run below the eaves, and the dormers have six-light casement windows. A chimney stack is located at the rear.

The east gable end is painted brick at ground-floor level and has weatherboarding at the top. A four-light casement window is present in the attic storey. The rear range projects from the western bay and has a pitched roof with dormers. The interior has not been inspected.

Bromyard is a small market town first recorded around 840. No. 29 Old Road is situated on a main thoroughfare that runs east from the vicarage and church, originally known as Corkeswalle Vicus in the late 13th century and Croxewalle Streate in 1575. It became Old Road at the junction with the High Street, and was known as Sheep Street in the early 20th century. This central area of the town was fully built up by the early 17th century, although some plots have been redeveloped since then. The main range of No. 29 Old Road dates from the 17th century and was later extended to the rear.

The building is designated at Grade II for its architectural attractiveness, with its exposed and well-executed timber framing, its largely unaltered exterior, and its retention of a significant amount of pre-1700 structural fabric. It represents a good example of local vernacular architecture.