40, St Owen Street

This is an 18th-century house, later used as a shop, situated on St Owen Street, Hereford. The building is constructed of brick, with a painted ground floor and a stucco plinth. It has a slate roof and a brick end stack to the left. The building is two storeys and an attic, with a four-window front. It features plain sash windows within moulded wooden surrounds, each with a segmental arch above. There are moulded eaves with modillioned details, and two six-light dormers with slate cladding and lead roofs. A cast-iron window box holder from the 19th century is positioned along the entire front at the first floor level.

The main entrance is a 20th-century door recessed within a deep, panelled, round-headed case, topped with a pediment and supported by Ionic pilasters, and featuring a fanlight. To the right of the main entrance is a 19th-century shop front, with moulded pilasters and a marble nameplate. A 20th-century door is set within a 19th-century stucco architrave to the property's left.

The rear of the building has hipped dormers, a blocked window, and two inserted windows with timber and concrete lintels.

Inside, an 18th-century open-well staircase features a moulded string and rail, and turned balusters. The second floor contains two plank, two-panel doors, a late 19th-century fireplace, and a 20th-century enamelled fireplace. The first floor contains three six-panel doors, one four-panel door, window seats, skirting, a 20th-century fireplace, and a 19th-century fireplace. The ground floor includes a six-panel door leading to the stairwell, a four-panel door to the rear, panelling, a 20th-century fireplace, 19th-century panelling to the front, and a decorated plaster ceiling. A firemark is also visible.