51, Broad Street

No. 51 Broad Street is likely a house and shop, now functioning as a shop with a flat above. It dates from the early 19th century, though it may have earlier origins, and has undergone later additions and alterations, including a ground-floor shop front from around the 1980s. The building is constructed of brownish-red brick in Flemish bond, featuring stone architraves and cornices. It has a concealed roof and brick end stacks with oversailing courses and pots. The structure is four storeys high with three first-floor windows. The first and second floors have 6/6 sash windows, with the first-floor windows being taller, all set in plain reveals with sills and tooled architraves. The first-floor windows also have a frieze and cornice. The third floor has 3/3 sash windows with flat arches made of gauged brick. There is a stepped cyma-moulded cornice above the second floor, another cornice above the third floor, and a low coped parapet. The ground floor features a renewed shop front in a classical style. The interior of the ground floor has been altered, and the rest of the building was not inspected.

Historically, by the 16th century, Broad Street was the second most important commercial street after High Street. It was a key route through the city from the Worcester Bridge and housed several important traders and at least two inns. Some houses on Broad Street are known to have 17th-century and earlier origins.

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