48, Broad Street

WORCESTER

SO8454NE BROAD STREET 620-1/16/122 (South side) 22/5/54 No.48

GV II

Probably house and shop, now shop with flat over. Probably c1740, possibly with earlier origins and with later additions and alterations including c1970s ground-floor shop front. Reddish-orange brick in Flemish bond with stone quoins, keystones and cornices. 3 storeys, 3 first-floor windows. Quoins from first floor to full height. 9/9 flush-frame sashes throughout with flat arches of gauged brick and central scrolled keystones, those to first floor with cornices. Double cyma-moulded cornice. Renewed parapet with shaped cornice. Ground floor has C20 glass shop front with glazed entrance and fascia. INTERIOR ground floor altered, otherwise not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: 'By the sixteenth century, Broad Street was second only to High Street in commercial importance. On the direct route through the city from the (Worcester) Bridge (qv), it contained the business premises of a number of important traders and at least two inns'. Several houses in Broad Street are known to have C17 and earlier origins (Nos 32, 40, 41 and 57 (qqv)).

All the listed buildings in Broad Street form a significant group: 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 Church of All Saints, (qqv). (Hughes P: No.57 Broad Street, Worcester: Report for Worcester City Council: 1991-).