6 And 7, Bull Ring

6 and 7 Bull Ring are mid-19th century shops and dwellings, now functioning as a shop. The buildings are constructed of brick, with some painted brick, plain tiles, and Welsh slate, and feature a brick end stack on No. 6. They have a two-unit plan and rise three storeys above a cellar.

No. 6 has a three-window range with margin-glazed sashes set beneath enriched lintels that include keyblocks with figureheads on the first and second floors. The eaves are moulded wood. The shopfront features central glazed double doors with a nameboard above, under a panelled soffit, and is flanked by canted windows with moulded glazing shafts. It also has a moulded fascia board and hood, supported by consoles on pilasters.

No. 7 has a single-window range with a canted bay that includes margin-glazed sashes, a coved underhang, and wood modillioned eaves. Above, there are two margin-glazed sashes with stucco lintels and corbelled stone sills, along with moulded wood eaves. The shopfront has a central half-glazed door with an overlight, under a panelled soffit, and is flanked by canted shop windows with moulded glazing bars and pilasters, topped with a moulded wood hood featuring enriched consoles on moulded pilasters.

The right side of the building has a passage to the rear, which includes 19th-century timber-framing with brick infill, and a half-glazed door with margin glazing and fielded panels in a simple architrave. The gable of the rear wing displays 19th-century timber-framing, with an 8/8 sash and a 20th-century leaded two-light casement on the second floor; there are two 20th-century leaded lights on the first floor, and three bowed 15/10 sashes on the ground floor, along with a panelled door that is now part-glazed and has an overlight with glazing bars.

The rear wing features fixed lights on the first and second floors, a plank door with a leaded overlight under a segmental arch, and a leaded light under a segmental arch to the left.

Inside, the cellar is mainly brick lined with a mutilated brick vault in No. 6. No. 7 retains earlier ceiling beams with chamfered joists, a stick baluster staircase, and a 17th-century chamfered beam in the rear wing of No. 6. There are also 19th-century fireplaces. The buildings retain many fixtures and fittings from the ironmonger's trade, having been owned by the Rickards family since 1868.