1, Cruxwell Street

A multi-phase residential building with 17th century origins and later extension, now subdivided into flats, situated on a corner plot at the junction of Cruxwell Street and Tenbury Road in Bromyard.

The principal facade facing Cruxwell Street is constructed in red brick. Rear ranges have some exposed timber framing with brick infill, and some rough stone elevations. The roof is slate with brick chimney stacks.

The building occupies a corner plot with the main range running roughly east-west parallel to Cruxwell Street, comprising three bays across three storeys. Further gabled ranges extend to the rear, perpendicular to the main range.

The Cruxwell Street facade has three storeys and three bays. The windows are aligned, with the door positioned to the right of the central window. Ground-floor windows have large fixed arched lights with three casements above. First-floor windows are two-over-two sashes, and second-floor windows are three-over-three. The front door is solid with six fielded panels and has a rectangular over-light with marginal glazing bars. It is set within a moulded door case with fielded panels to the return, featuring a moulded cornice with scroll corbels. A ceramic tile is positioned to the left of the front door.

The Tenbury Road elevation shows three storeys on the main range to the right and two storeys on the rear gabled range. Ground-floor windows match the front elevation style, with a modern casement to the left. At first-floor level are two six-light windows with central fixed panes and casements either side. The road-facing elevation of the rear range is mostly rendered.

The rear elevation consists of two gables: the right-hand gable has an exposed timber frame with brick infill to the upper level, while the left-hand gable is in rough stone with steps leading up to a first-floor entrance.

A dentil cornice runs below the eaves on both road-side ranges.

The building originated in the 17th century as a rectangular two-and-a-half-storey dwelling. It was subsequently extended to the rear with perpendicular gabled ranges and refronted in brick during the 18th century. Records indicate a public house operated on the site from as early as 1669 and continued in this use until the late 20th century, when it was converted to domestic use. The building is situated on one of Bromyard's principal thoroughfares, which runs east from the vicarage and church. This street was known as Corkeswalle Vicus in the late 13th century and recorded as Croxewalle Streate in 1575. The central area of town to the south of the church and around the market place appears to have been fully built up by the early 17th century, though some plots have been redeveloped since.