7-8, Vyse Street

7-8 Vyse Street in Birmingham are two offices that were originally small manufactories, built in the mid-19th century with some minor alterations made in the late 20th century. The buildings are constructed of red brick with painted stone details and feature a brick chimney at the center of the front roof slope. The roof is hipped at the west end and covered with slate.

The structure has a double-pile plan with a central doorway leading to a former shared passage. The exterior is symmetrical, consisting of two storeys and five bays. The main entrances are located in the outer bays, featuring semi-circular rubbed brick arched heads. The left-hand entrance is set back within a panelled reveal and includes a six-panel door with a moulded architrave and a semi-circular fanlight above. Each door is accompanied by a sash window on a narrow painted sill band, with shallow bracketed cornices above.

The central bay has a lower, narrower semi-circular arched doorway with an overlight and a six-panel door. On either side of this doorway are full-height canted bay windows, each adorned with a dentilled cornice on both storeys, and the upper floor windows have panelled aprons. The bay windows feature sash windows without glazing bars.

This building is listed for its group value with No. 9 Vyse Street and is part of a well-preserved row of mid-19th century manufactories that reflect the domestic scale and form typical of Birmingham's specialist manufacturing district, which is now recognized as internationally significant.