62 And 63, Broad Street

WORCESTER

SO8454NE BROAD STREET 620-1/16/134 (South side) 08/3/74 Nos.62 AND 63

GV II

Probably originally 2 houses and shops, now 2 shops with offices over. Numbered right to left, described left to right. One build. Probably c1770, possibly with earlier origins and with later additions and alterations including ground floor shop fronts c1970s. MATERIALS: Brick, painted with plain tile roof, stone sills. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with attics, 3+2 first-floor windows. First and second floors have plain horned sashes in near flush frames under flat arches of gauged brick, those to right house have chanelled keystones with cornices, sills, those to second floor are moulded. Crowning eaves band and cornice. Attics: 2 gabled roof dormers to left have plain horned sashes, further roof dormer to right has casements. Ground floor has glazed shop fronts and glazed doors, fascias. INTERIOR: ground floor altered, 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 and 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 (qqv). (Hughes P: No.57 Broad Street, Worcester: Report for Worcester City Council: 1991-).