58, Broad Street

WORCESTER

SO8454NE BROAD STREET 620-1/16/131 (South side) 05/04/71 No.58

GV II

Probably house and shop, now shop. c1800 with later additions and alterations including c1980s ground-floor shop front. Pinkish-red brick in Flemish bond with flat arches of red gauged brick and stone keystones; concealed roof. 3 storeys, 1 first-floor window. First and second floors have replacement 1/1 sashes in near-flush frames and with flat arches of gauged brick and raised keystones with incised decoration and cornices. Crowning low, coped parapet. Ground floor has plate glass shop front and glazed entrance. INTERIOR: ground floor renewed, 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, 12, 18, 19, 29, 32-36 (consecutive), 40, 41, 43-49 (consecutive), 51-63 (consecutive), 69, 70, and Church of All Saints (qqv). Nos 57 and 58 shared the same former PRN but were itemised separately. (Hughes P: No.57 Broad Street, Worcester: Report for Worcester City Council: 1991-).