43 And 44, Broad Street

These are two houses and shops, likely dating from the mid-18th century, although they may have earlier origins. Later additions and alterations include shop fronts from the mid-19th century and around 1980. The building is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with renewed imitation stone sills and a concealed roof. It stands three storeys high, with a facade featuring three windows on the first floor and four on the second. The first and second floors have 6/6 sash windows in near-flush frames, with flat arches of gauged brick—the rendering on the flat arch of the second floor of the left-hand house obscures the brickwork. A low coped parapet sits atop the building.

The ground floor fronts have been altered with a renewed Victorian-style shop front on the left and a restored shop front on the right. The right-hand shop front features two outer entrances and a central shop window with three vertical panes, pilasters on either side of the window, moulded "corbels" above, a continuous fascia, and a cornice. The left-hand entrance is a 6-panel door, while the right-hand entrance is set back. The shop windows have panelled aprons and turned mullions, along with six-pane overlights above the windows and entrances.

The ground floor interiors have been renewed, although the left-hand property is said to retain its staircase in its original position above the ground floor. The building's interior was not otherwise inspected.

Historically, Broad Street was second in commercial importance only to the High Street, serving as a key route through the city. Several buildings on Broad Street have been identified as having 17th-century and earlier origins.

The listed buildings in Broad Street as a group represent significant architectural and historical value. Numbers 43 and 44 once shared a property reference number with number 45, although they were listed at different times.