55 And 57, Bromwich Road

55 and 57 Bromwich Road is a house that has been divided into two homes. It was built in 1810, with later additions and alterations, including the division into two houses between 1886 and 1926. The building features stucco over brick and has a hipped slate roof, with stuccoed stacks at the rear and right, complete with cornices and pots.

The exterior is two storeys plus an attic, with five first-floor windows and a range to the rear on the right. Notable stucco details include a first-floor sill band, wide Doric pilasters at the ends and between the windows, and a crowning entablature. The ground floor has wide, tall round-arched recesses with tooled surrounds for the windows. The windows throughout are 6/6 sashes in plain reveals, with sills on the ground floor. A central tetrastyle Doric porch features an entablature and an entrance with a 6-panel part-glazed door that has a fanlight with a circle and teardrop motif, along with a tooled architrave. There is an attic rooflight as well.

On the left return, there is a conservatory set back, featuring lattice and gothic traceried glazing bars, with original 6/6 and 8/8 sashes. The right return has plain and 6/6 sashes, all with blind boxes. The rear includes a staircase window that is a 6/6 sash with radial glazing at the head.

Inside, the house retains original joinery and plasterwork, including boxed beams. The doors are 6-panel with fluted architraves, some featuring a foliate motif at the corners, and panelled reveals. The openwell staircase has stick balusters and carved tread ends. The dado rail features a Greek key motif, while the embellished cornices display a honeysuckle motif and modillions. The coving in the front room includes acanthus and acorns, along with a honeysuckle and leaf ceiling frieze. The fireplaces are in the Regency style.

Historically, this building served as the Bishop of Worcester's guest house and later as a school. It was shown as a single house on the 1886 Ordnance Survey Map and was subdivided by the 1926 Ordnance Survey Map.