27, High Street

This is a late 18th-century shop with rooms above, altered in the late 19th century. The building is likely constructed from stone rubble with a stucco finish to the front, and has a gabled roof with a brick stack at the left end. It is a double-depth building, extending over three storeys. The front elevation, facing the northeast, has a classical style with moulded eaves. The first floor contains three six-over-six pane sash windows set in recessed surrounds with projecting sills. The second floor has three smaller four-over-four pane sash windows in plain reveals with projecting sills. The ground floor is occupied by a late 19th-century shop front featuring plate glass windows divided by glazing bars, flanked by pilaster strips and carved console brackets supporting the fascia. A lobby entrance has a half-glazed central door with a single-pane overlight, and a second half-glazed door is located to the far right. The interior of the building has not been inspected.

Bromyard is a small market town first recorded around 840. Number 7 High Street sits on a main thoroughfare, originally known as Novus Vicus in the late 13th century and referred to as Newe Streate in 1575. The street was largely built up by the early 17th century, although some plots have been redeveloped since that time.

The building is designated at Grade II for its architectural merit as a well-preserved example of a modest urban building with restrained classical detailing. It is also notable for its intact late 18th-century facade and a sympathetic late 19th-century shop front. The building contributes to the group value of many other listed buildings along High Street.