LISTED BUILDING · NHLE 1255358
2 Bridge Street (The Lighthouse) and 2A Bridge Street (Kenwater House)
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 12 November 2025 to update the Name and Address and reformat the text to current standards SO4959 808-1/1/13 LEOMINSTER
BRIDGE STREET (East side) 2 (The Lighthouse) and 2A (Kenwater House) (Formerly listed as No.2 and Kenwater House, previously listed as BRIDGE STREET No.2 Light House) 24/07/54 GV II House, now shop and dwelling. C18.
Dates and uses reflect the source records and may not describe the building today.
No photograph currently published
Designation information
Inclusion in the National Heritage List for England confirms that this is a designated heritage asset of national special architectural or historic interest.
People and businesses through time
HISTORICAL ADDRESS RECORD
Through time, 2 Bridge Street (The Lighthouse) and 2A Bridge Street (Kenwater House)
1 of 10, 18th century
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About these records
3 historical addresses linked to this NHLE entry. Directory entries can describe a workplace or premises use rather than a residence.
- 2 Bridge Street, Leominster
- 2. Bridge Street, Leominster
- 2a Bridge Street, Leominster
18th century
ConstructionBuilding construction
Estimated date recorded by the current NHLE building entry.
SourceNational Heritage List for England, NHLE 1255358
Estimated construction date drawn from the NHLE list summary.
Architectural evidence and features
These descriptions relate to particular parts of the building at the date of each source. They may not reflect its use or condition today. Unconfirmed features remain open questions.
Evidence reviewed 13 September 2026.
Documented type / function
- House, subsequently shop and dwelling within2/2A Bridge Street; not a bridge or lighthouse
Principal record; ancillary or mixed uses explicitly separated in text
18th century; 19th century sashes and dormers; 20th century sashes. Administrative2025 name/address update not fabric date.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255358
Applies to the named part and historical phase. A recorded use may no longer continue today.
Documented phases
- 18th century; 19th century sashes and dormers; 20th century sashes. Administrative2025 name/address update not fabric date.
Building phases and source differences; not a single construction date
18th century; 19th century sashes and dormers; 20th century sashes. Administrative2025 name/address update not fabric date.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255358
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part and historical phase. A recorded use may no longer continue today.
Cladding / finishes
- Roughcast
principal house
18th century; 19th century sashes and dormers; 20th century sashes. Administrative2025 name/address update not fabric date.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255358
Applies to the named part and historical phase. A recorded use may no longer continue today.
- Render
rear wing
18th century; 19th century sashes and dormers; 20th century sashes. Administrative2025 name/address update not fabric date.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255358
Applies to the named part and historical phase. A recorded use may no longer continue today.
Roof covering
- Welsh slate
hipped main roof
18th century; 19th century sashes and dormers; 20th century sashes. Administrative2025 name/address update not fabric date.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255358
Applies to the named part and historical phase. A recorded use may no longer continue today.
- Slate
rear wing
18th century; 19th century sashes and dormers; 20th century sashes. Administrative2025 name/address update not fabric date.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255358
Applies to the named part and historical phase. A recorded use may no longer continue today.
Chimneys
- Brick
right rear and wing stacks
18th century; 19th century sashes and dormers; 20th century sashes. Administrative2025 name/address update not fabric date.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255358
Applies to the named part and historical phase. A recorded use may no longer continue today.
Other materials / details
- Wood
moulded modillion eaves
18th century; 19th century sashes and dormers; 20th century sashes. Administrative2025 name/address update not fabric date.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255358
Applies to the named part and historical phase. A recorded use may no longer continue today.
- Stone
Rusticated quoins of No2 recorded1934
18th century; 19th century sashes and dormers; 20th century sashes. Administrative2025 name/address update not fabric date.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Recorded in 1934; its survival today has not been confirmed.
Architectural features
- Sash windows; Blind openings; Modillion eaves; Roof dormers; Casement windows; Enriched architraves; Panelled door; Fanlight; Semicircular hood; Scrolled brackets; Passage doors; Storey band; Moulded quoins
Only the named features in their NHLE-described elevations, openings and interior; retain every source qualifier
18th century; 19th century sashes and dormers; 20th century sashes. Administrative2025 name/address update not fabric date.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255358
Applies to the named part and historical phase. A recorded use may no longer continue today.
- Twisted baluster staircase; Panelled doors; Cased beams; Panelled window linings; Round arch with keyblock
No2 interior recorded1934
18th century; 19th century sashes and dormers; 20th century sashes. Administrative2025 name/address update not fabric date.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Recorded in 1934; its survival today has not been confirmed.
Historical context
- RCHME No2 walls brick with rusticated stone quoins and original staircase are historical scoped claims; address allocation not automatically all2A.
RCHME described subject/component; neighbouring, demolished and displaced fabric excluded from principal facets
18th century; 19th century sashes and dormers; 20th century sashes. Administrative2025 name/address update not fabric date.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Provides historical context and does not necessarily describe the principal building.
External wall material
- Brick
No2 principal house recorded1934; not independently mapped to every2A component
18th century; 19th century sashes and dormers; 20th century sashes. Administrative2025 name/address update not fabric date.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Recorded in 1934; its survival today has not been confirmed.
Research notes and uncertainties
Source, component and current-use restrictions: RCHME No2 walls brick with rusticated stone quoins and original staircase are historical scoped claims; address allocation not automatically all2A. Current use/survival is not established as of September2026; source-date statements remain dated.
18th century; 19th century sashes and dormers; 20th century sashes. Administrative2025 name/address update not fabric date. Explicit building phases, with alternatives preserved. Do not turn date alternatives into independently proven phases or use administrative/use dates as fabric. RCHME No2 walls brick with rusticated stone quoins and original staircase are historical scoped claims; address allocation not automatically all2A.
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How this record is evidenced
The designation, listing date and statutory description are drawn from Historic England, NHLE 1255358.
The building has been cross-referenced to the Royal Commission's 1934 Herefordshire inventory. The full matched extract and its cited illustrations are reproduced below with links to the digitised source.
The concise summary and searchable feature tags have been prepared by Leominster Heritage and are kept separate from the statutory wording.
The open questions below identify evidence that has not yet been securely established.
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2 Bridge Street (The Lighthouse) and 2A Bridge Street (Kenwater House)
Grade II · C18; C19 sashes and dormers; C20 sashes. Administrative2025 name/address update not fabric date. · This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 12 November 2025 to update the Name and Address and reformat the text to current standards SO4959 808-1/1/13 LEOMINSTER
BRIDGE STREET (East side) 2 (The Lighthouse) and 2A (Kenwater House) (Formerly listed as No.2 and Kenwater House, previously listed as BRIDGE STREET No.2 Light House) 24/07/54 GV II House, now shop and dwelling. C18.
Current survey photographs
No public survey photograph is currently linked to this place.
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Historic England; RCHME: Herefordshire: 119 (38
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
This earlier inventory records the building as it was understood at the time of survey. Its terminology and interpretation should be read alongside the current NHLE entry and present-day observation.
Read the Royal Commission inventory extract
RCHME CROSS-REFERENCE 1
Leominster, monument (38), p. 119.
a (38). House, No. 2, immediately N. of the bridge, is of two storeys with attics. It was built early in the 18th century and consists of a rectangular front block with a projecting wing on the E. The walls are of brick with rusticated stone quoins and a hipped roof with an eaves-cornice to the main block. There is a band-course between the storeys. The W. front has a central doorway with a semi-circular fanlight with radiating bars; above the door is a half-round hood with a moulded archivolt and scrolled brackets. Inside the building are a number of original panelled doors, cased beams with cornices, some panelled linings to the windows and other woodwork of the same character. The original staircase (Plate 74) has heavy twisted balusters, moulded strings and handrails, and panelled newels with moulded cappings. On the first floor landing is a round arch with moulded imposts and key-block with a shaped pendant.
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Official list description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 12 November 2025 to update the Name and Address and reformat the text to current standards SO4959 808-1/1/13 LEOMINSTER BRIDGE STREET (East side) 2 (The Lighthouse) and 2A (Kenwater House) (Formerly listed as No.2 and Kenwater House, previously listed as BRIDGE STREET No.2 Light House) 24/07/54 GV II House, now shop and dwelling. C18. Roughcast; hipped Welsh slate roof; two brick stacks to right rear. L-shaped on plan. Two storeys and attic; five-window range: late C19 6/6 sashes (C18 to left) in broad, moulded cases, and blind opening; deep moulded and modillioned wood eaves; three roof-dormers with C19 two-light casements, with enriched architraves, under hipped roofs. Entrance to centre right: part-glazed six-panel door in moulded case, with fanlight, under coved, moulded semicircular hood on scrolled brackets; flanked by 6/6 sashes in broad, moulded cases; to left, passage to rear, with six-panel double doors under moulded lintels; storey band; moulded quoins. Right returned side: central blind opening flanked by pairs of C20 sashes in broad beaded cases, to ground and first floors; returned band and eaves detail. Wing to rear: rendered; slate roof; brick stack; various sashes, lights and casements; storey band; roof-dormer. INTERIOR not inspected. (RCHME: Herefordshire: 119 (38)). Listing NGR: SO4958959350
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Open questions
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