18, Broad Street

This is a late 18th-century town house, built on a late 17th-century core and extended in the 19th century. The construction utilizes brick and stone rubble, topped with a hipped slate roof.

The front facade presents a symmetrical three-story appearance with a lined-out stucco finish to the ground floor, set beneath a stone string course. A central six-panel front door is topped by a rectangular, glazed fanlight enclosed within a pointed hood supported by cut brackets. It is flanked by eight-pane sash windows with flat, rusticated stone arches. The first-floor sashes are identical to those on the ground floor, while the smaller top-floor sashes are four-pane. The rear elevation is dominated by two two-story 19th-century wings, with a portion of the rear of the original range, built in stone rubble, partially visible. The 19th-century wings incorporate a variety of window designs, some of which were added in the late 20th century.

The interior, assessed in a 2009 report, retains 18th-century features, including fireplaces and a staircase with a plain closed string and stick balusters, surmounted by a moulded handrail. Remnants of late 17th-century timber framing are visible at ground and second floor levels. The attic reveals the tops of the original late 17th-century roof trusses beneath the raised 18th-century roof, indicating it was initially a two-bay, two-and-a-half story timber-framed building parallel to the road. A substantial chimney stack survives at the west end of the main range. The cellar features rubble stone walls and may be contemporary with the late 17th-century core or related to an earlier building on the site.

The house is located in Bromyard, a market town first recorded around 840, situated on a principal thoroughfare adjoining the market square. The street was largely built up by the early 17th century, with subsequent redevelopment of some plots.

The property is designated at Grade II for its architectural interest as a small 18th-century town house incorporating a late 17th-century timber-framed building and for its group value, contributing to the character of a significant historic street in Bromyard along with other listed buildings.