33 And 34, Broad Street

WORCESTER

SO8454NE BROAD STREET 620-1/16/116 (North side) 08/3/74 Nos.33 AND 34 (Formerly Listed as: BROAD STREET (North side) Nos.32, 33 AND 34)

GV II

2 houses, probably also with shops, now restaurant. Probably late C18, possibly with earlier origins and with later additions and alterations including ground floor c1964. Brick in Flemish bond now painted, stuccoed and painted to first floor; stone sills; concealed roof and end brick stacks with pots. First floor has 6/6 sashes in plain reveals and with sills. Second and third floors have 3/3 sashes in plain reveals and with sills, flat arches of gauged brick. Low coped parapet. Glazed ground-floor shop front. INTERIOR: not inspected. Ground floor forms a continuous unit with No.35 (qv). 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 on 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 with 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 Church, (qqv). Nos 29, 32-36 (consecutive) and the Church form a further group with Nos 2-22 (consecutive) Bridge Street with No.2 Quay Street (qqv). (Hughes P: No.57 Broad Street, Worcester: Report for Worcester City Council: 1991-).