54 and 55, Broad Street is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 June 1952. A Early Modern Shop and dwelling. 6 related planning applications.

54 and 55, Broad Street

WRENN ID
watchful-sill-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 June 1952
Type
Shop and dwelling
Period
Early Modern
Address
54 and 55, Broad Street, Hereford, HR4 9AB
OS grid reference
SO 508 399
Coordinates
52.05619, -2.71785
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

54 and 55 Broad Street are shops and dwellings, now functioning solely as shops. The buildings feature mid and late 19th-century facades that cover earlier structures from the 18th and 15th centuries. They are constructed of brick and stucco, topped with a steeply pitched Welsh slate roof, and include an 18th-century brick stack on the right front. The layout is L-shaped, with the main architectural interest located at the rear.

The south front has a twin gable roof made of Welsh slate, with some composite tiles. The buildings stand two storeys high with an attic and feature a two-window range. There is a 19th-century casement window on the left and a 20th-century plain sash window on the right, along with two 20th-century lights in the gables. The attic may have a possible jetty, while the first floor has a deep jetty with a moulded bressumer, stop-chamfered soffit beams, and arched braces supported by moulded springers and battened posts. The ground floor includes 19th-century workshop windows and a four-centred arch between moulded posts leading to the front range.

Inside No.54, there is a moulded ceiling frame, a 19th-century corner fireplace, and a moulded capital and ceiling beam in the shop area. No.55 features a 19th-century winder staircase with stick balusters. The second floor contains 19th-century fireplaces, four-panel doors, and overlights. The first floor also has four-panel doors and overlights, while the cellar reveals some masonry. The rear wing conceals a fine 15th-century roof with carved wind braces.

Local climate

54 and 55, Broad Street receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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