12 and 13, Broad Street

This property comprises a pair of shops with living accommodation above, dating from the early 18th century to the front, with a later 18th-century range to the rear. The building has undergone alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The front facade is limestone ashlar, painted on the right-hand side (No.13), while the rear is a mix of ashlar and rubble. The roof is parapeted, with Welsh slate to the front and double Roman tiles (No.13) and concrete tiles (No.12) to the rear. Ashlar stacks rise from a valley gutter and the party wall to the rear, and include some early clay pots.

The building is three storeys high, with an attic and basement, and presents a single-bay, two-window frontage. The first floor has paired windows to either side: on the left (No.12), these have plate glass, horned sashes set in lowered, splayed reveals with a flat surround and a continuous stone sill, while on the right (No.13) they have plate glass sashes in a flat beaded surround. The second floor mirrors the first, with paired plate glass, horned sashes in a flat beaded surround and stone sills. The ground floor features a mid-19th century shopfront on the left (No.12), with 20th-century alterations, and a 20th-century shopfront on the right (No.13). A grating in the pavement to the right (No.13) provides light to a pair of fixed, glazed windows in the basement. Each house has a double dormer with two-over-two sashes (No.12) and plate glass sashes (No.13). A continuous sill band runs along the first floor, cut through by the lowered window on the left (No.12). Other external details include a moulded string course above the first floor, a moulded stone eaves cornice, a coped parapet, a lead hopperhead, and a part-lead downpipe in the centre. The interior has not been inspected. The plan includes a small passageway running through to the rear on the left.