48, Broad Street

No. 48 Broad Street is likely a house and shop, now functioning as a shop with a flat above. It probably dates from around 1740, though it may have earlier origins and has undergone later additions and alterations, including a ground-floor shop front from the 1970s. The building is constructed of reddish-orange brick in Flemish bond, featuring stone quoins, keystones, and cornices. It stands three storeys high with three first-floor windows, and the quoins extend from the first floor to the full height of the building. The windows are 9/9 flush-frame sashes with flat arches made of gauged brick and central scrolled keystones, with those on the first floor adorned with cornices. There is a double cyma-moulded cornice and a renewed parapet with a shaped cornice. The ground floor has a 20th-century glass shop front with a glazed entrance and fascia.

The interior of the ground floor has been altered and was not inspected. Historically, by the 16th century, Broad Street was second only to High Street in commercial importance. It served as a direct route through the city from Worcester Bridge and housed the business premises of several important traders and at least two inns. Some houses in Broad Street are known to have 17th-century and earlier origins.

All the listed buildings in Broad Street form a significant group, including Nos 10, 10A, 11 and the Crown Inn, 12, 18, 19, 29, 32-36 (consecutive), 40, 41, 43-49 (consecutive), 51-63 (consecutive), 69, 70, and the Church of All Saints.