LISTED BUILDING · NHLE 1255384
22 and 24, Broad Street
22 and 24, Broad Street, Leominster
Houses, now shop, offices and dwelling. Mid C18 front to C17 core. Roughcast; Welsh slate roof; C17 large spurred composite brick stack with rubble base, to left rear; stack to right rear.
Dates and uses reflect the source records and may not describe the building today.
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, 22 and 24, Broad Street
1 of 7, 17th century core
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About these records
2 historical addresses linked to this NHLE entry. Directory entries can describe a workplace or premises use rather than a residence.
- 22 Broad Street, Leominster
- 24 Broad Street, Leominster
17th century core
ConstructionBuilding construction
Estimated date recorded by the current NHLE building entry.
SourceNational Heritage List for England, NHLE 1255384
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
- Houses, subsequently shop, offices and dwelling at NHLE date. Current operation unverified
Principal identity and explicitly separated historical/ancillary use
17th century core, mid 18th century front, 19th century and 20th century alterations. RCHME1934 describes rear fabric and interiors by address.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255384
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part and historical phase; current use has not been confirmed.
Documented phases
- 17th century core, mid 18th century front, 19th century and 20th century alterations. RCHME1934 describes rear fabric and interiors by address.
Source-specific fabric phases, alternatives preserved
17th century core, mid 18th century front, 19th century and 20th century alterations. RCHME1934 describes rear fabric and interiors by address.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255384
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part and historical phase; current use has not been confirmed.
Structural system
- Timber frame
rear wings
17th century core, mid 18th century front, 19th century and 20th century alterations. RCHME1934 describes rear fabric and interiors by address.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255384
Applies to the named part and historical phase; current use has not been confirmed.
Cladding / finishes
- Roughcast; stucco
front, including rustication
17th century core, mid 18th century front, 19th century and 20th century alterations. RCHME1934 describes rear fabric and interiors by address.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255384
Applies to the named part and historical phase; current use has not been confirmed.
Other materials / details
- Rubble stone
rear plinth
17th century core, mid 18th century front, 19th century and 20th century alterations. RCHME1934 describes rear fabric and interiors by address.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255384
Applies to the named part and historical phase; current use has not been confirmed.
- Leaded glass
shop clerestory
17th century core, mid 18th century front, 19th century and 20th century alterations. RCHME1934 describes rear fabric and interiors by address.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255384
Applies to the named part and historical phase; current use has not been confirmed.
- Timber joinery
Visible subject window/door/shopfront joinery, not wall structure or timber species
Supplied capture date 2026-07-25, no independent date authentication
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Leominster Heritage photograph LH-IMG-000021
Describes visible joinery and does not establish timber-framed walls.
Roof covering
- Welsh slate
main roof
17th century core, mid 18th century front, 19th century and 20th century alterations. RCHME1934 describes rear fabric and interiors by address.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255384
Applies to the named part and historical phase; current use has not been confirmed.
- Plain tile
rear wing
17th century core, mid 18th century front, 19th century and 20th century alterations. RCHME1934 describes rear fabric and interiors by address.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255384
Applies to the named part and historical phase; current use has not been confirmed.
Chimneys
- Brick
stacks above rubble base
17th century core, mid 18th century front, 19th century and 20th century alterations. RCHME1934 describes rear fabric and interiors by address.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255384
Applies to the named part and historical phase; current use has not been confirmed.
Architectural features
- Sash windows; Moulded architraves; Pediment hood; Panelled doors; Overlight; Shopfront; Clerestory; Bargeboards; Bressumer; Rustication
Only the named source-described elevations, interiors and components; qualifiers form part of each term
17th century core, mid 18th century front, 19th century and 20th century alterations. RCHME1934 describes rear fabric and interiors by address.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255384
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part and historical phase; current use has not been confirmed.
- Roughcast; Rustication; Sash windows; Pediment hood; Bow shopfront; Leaded clerestory; Brick chimney; Paint loss; Weathering
Visible subject frontage only; neighbouring and temporary objects excluded
Supplied capture date 2026-07-25, no independent date authentication
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Leominster Heritage photograph LH-IMG-000021
Shows what was visible when photographed. Concealed construction, stone type, manufacturing date and current trading remain unconfirmed.
- Pediment; Pilasters; Cornice; Canted bow window; Finial; Storey band
Front openings and rear finial as specifically located in NHLE
17th century core, mid 18th century front, 19th century and 20th century alterations. RCHME1934 describes rear fabric and interiors by address.
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Historic England, NHLE entry 1255384
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part and historical phase; current use has not been confirmed.
- Lozenge plaster ceiling; Moulded bargeboards
No22 interior/rear as recorded1934
RCHME1934 observation, not current survival verification
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part in the historical source; survival today has not been confirmed.
- Acorn ceiling panel; Panelling; Diagonal framing; Raised roof; Grouped chimney shafts; Newel stair
No24 as recorded1934
RCHME1934 observation, not current survival verification
Supported with qualification
Source and context
Royal Commission inventory, 1934
Applies to the named part in the historical source; survival today has not been confirmed.
Research notes and uncertainties
Component, chronology and current-use qualifications: No22 former jetty is historical, not surviving projection. No22 lozenge ceiling differs from No24 acorn panel. No24 diagonal framing and raised roof are component-specific. NHLE modillion versus RCHME dentilled bargeboards remains a terminology difference. Current use and survival not independently verified for September2026.
17th century core, mid 18th century front, 19th century and 20th century alterations. RCHME1934 describes rear fabric and interiors by address. [Source-specific fabric phases, alternatives preserved; 17th century core, mid 18th century front, 19th century and 20th century alterations. RCHME1934 describes rear fabric and interiors by address.] Documented fabric phases and alternatives. Reviewed value replaces rather than validates the original chronology. Administrative dates and generic town-history periods excluded. No22 former jetty is historical, not surviving projection. No22 lozenge ceiling differs from No24 acorn panel. No24 diagonal framing and raised roof are component-specific. NHLE modillion versus RCHME dentilled bargeboards remains a terminology difference.
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How this record is evidenced
The designation, listing date and statutory description are drawn from Historic England, NHLE 1255384.
Current survey photographs dated 25 July 2026 record the publicly visible fabric and features shown on this page.
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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22 and 24, Broad Street
Grade II · C17 core, mid C18 front, C19 and C20 alterations. RCHME1934 describes rear fabric and interiors by address. [Source-specific fabric phases, alternatives preserved; C17 core, mid C18 front, C19 and C20 alterations. RCHME1934 describes rear fabric and interiors by address.] · SO4959 BROAD STREET 808-1/1/54 (East side) 24/07/54 Nos.22 AND 24
Houses, now shop, offices and dwelling. Mid C18 front to C17 core. Roughcast; Welsh slate roof; C17 large spurred composite brick stack with rubble base, to left rear; stack to right rear.
Current survey photographs
Inside 22 Broad Street, Bettie Freckles
Photographs supplied by Christian Montez, 13 October 2026. © Leominster Heritage.
Blomer Family
Painting, decorating, tailoring, shopkeeping and fishing tackle: these notes trace Blomer names across Leominster from 1830 to 1941. They include several addresses, not just 22 Broad Street.
Based on the handwritten research notes supplied on 13 October 2026. Names are presented consistently as Blomer. For this timeline, “Frederick Charles” is interpreted as one person, Frederick Charles Blomer, and Herbert is assumed to share the family surname. These are editorial assumptions; the original directory and census entries have not been checked.
FAMILY RESEARCH NOTES
1 of 17, 1830
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1830
Jeremiah Blomer, School Lane
The notes record Jeremiah Blomer in School Lane under Pigot’s Directory, in the painters, plumbers and glaziers section.
Source: handwritten research notes, sheet 1.
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1830: Jeremiah Blomer, School Lane
The notes record Jeremiah Blomer in School Lane under Pigot’s Directory, in the painters, plumbers and glaziers section.
Handwritten notes, sheet 1.
1840: Jeremiah Blomer, West Street
Jeremiah Blomer is recorded in West Street as a painter and glazier.
Handwritten notes, sheet 1.
1851: Jeremiah Blomer, painter and gilder
Jeremiah Blomer is recorded as a painter, gilder and paper hanger.
Handwritten notes, sheet 1.
1862: West Street and Etnam Street
Jeremiah Blomer is recorded in West Street.
Richard Blomer is recorded in Etnam Street as a painter and glazier.
Handwritten notes, sheet 1.
1876–77: Corn Square and West Street
Richard Blomer is recorded at 16 Corn Square as a painter and decorator, with a refreshment house also noted.
Charles Blomer is recorded at 13 West Street.
Handwritten notes, sheet 1.
1879: Charles Blomer, dealer
Kelly’s Directory records Charles Blomer in West Street as a dealer.
Handwritten notes, sheet 1.
1885: Refreshment rooms and shopkeeping
Jane Blomer, described as Richard’s wife, has refreshment rooms at No. 16 Corn Square.
Frederick Blomer is recorded as a shopkeeper at 47 Bridge Street.
Handwritten notes, sheet 1.
1890: Frederick Blomer, tailor and shopkeeper
Frederick Blomer is recorded as a tailor and shopkeeper.
Handwritten notes, sheet 1.
1891: The household at 16 Corn Square
The census notes record Richard Blomer, head of household, aged 52, a house painter born in Leominster.
Jane Blomer, his wife, is recorded as aged 55 and born in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Their son Richard Blomer is recorded as aged 27 and born in Leominster.
Handwritten notes, sheet 1.
1895: Frederick Charles Blomer
Frederick Charles Blomer is recorded as a painter. The entry also refers to 47 Bridge Street and the trades of tailor and shopkeeper.
Handwritten notes, sheet 2.
1900: Frederick Charles Blomer, 22 Broad Street
Frederick Charles Blomer is recorded as a painter at 22 Broad Street.
Handwritten notes, sheet 2.
1909: Tailoring and shopkeeping
Henry Blomer is recorded as a tailor at 2 Corn Street.
Frederick Blomer is recorded as a shopkeeper at 47 Bridge Street.
Handwritten notes, sheet 2.
1914: Fishing tackle and tailoring
Charles Blomer is recorded at 13 West Street in connection with fly and fishing tackle.
Henry Blomer is recorded at 115 Etnam Street as a tailor.
Handwritten notes, sheet 2.
1917: West Street and Etnam Street
Charles Blomer continues at 13 West Street with fly and fishing tackle, and Henry Blomer at 115 Etnam Street as a tailor.
Handwritten notes, sheet 2.
1922: Three Blomer addresses
Charles Blomer is recorded in West Street, Frederick Blomer in Broad Street, and Henry Blomer at 115 Etnam Street.
Handwritten notes, sheet 2.
1926 & 1929: Charles and Henry Blomer
Charles Blomer continues in West Street and Henry Blomer at 115 Etnam Street in the entries grouped under these years.
Handwritten notes, sheet 2.
1934, 1937 & 1941: Ethel and Herbert Blomer
The entries grouped under these years record Miss Ethel Blomer with fly and fishing tackle at 13 West Street, and Herbert Blomer with dry stores at 22 Broad Street.
Handwritten notes, sheet 2.
About the source notes
The 1895 surname is written “Bloomer”; it has been standardised to Blomer. The layout associates “Frederick Charles (Painter)” with an arrow to “47 Bridge Street, Tailor + Shopkeeper”, but may combine separate entries. The timeline uses Frederick Charles Blomer consistently for 1895 and 1900 without assuming that every other Frederick or Charles entry refers to him.
The 1890 notes also include the incomplete wording “Richard is with their son. Charles is …”. No additional relationship has been inferred from this fragment. Missing addresses and trades have not been supplied: the 1851 and 1890 entries do not repeat an address, Charles’s trade is not given in 1876–77, and his goods are not specified in 1879. “Corn Street” in 1909 is retained as written. The 1922 notes give no street number for Charles or Frederick, and Frederick is not repeated in 1926 and 1929. The grouped dates for Ethel and Herbert do not establish that both entries apply to every year listed.
The separate building timeline records W. J. Blomer as a painter and decorator at 22 Broad Street in the 1940 year book. That entry remains unchanged; the relationship to the names in these family notes has not been established.
The Blomers at 16 Corn Square
Blomer signs in the photograph
- The gable carries “R. BLOMER AND SON, HOUSE & SIGN PAINTERS”.
- The shop fascia reads “R. BLOMER, PAINTER”.
- The panel beneath the left-hand window shows a partly obscured Blomer name and “DECORATOR”.
- The right-hand shop window reads “BLOMER’S DINING ROOMS”.
- The panel below that window repeats “BLOMER’S DINING ROOMS”.
The signs show painting and decorating alongside the dining-room business. These uses correspond with the family notes: Richard Blomer is recorded at 16 Corn Square as a painter and decorator, with a refreshment house, in 1876–77; Jane Blomer, Richard’s wife, is recorded with refreshment rooms at the same address in 1885. The 1891 census notes place Richard, Jane and their son Richard at No. 16, with the elder Richard described as a house painter.
Documentary evidence
Historic England; RCHME: Herefordshire: 120 (49,50
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 extracts
RCHME CROSS-REFERENCE 1
Leominster, monument (49), p. 120.
a (49). House and shop, No. 22, 10 yards N. of (48), is of three storeys. The front is modern and forms one composition with No. 24. At the back is a long range mostly refaced except for the top storey, which has exposed framing and formerly projected; the moulded bressummer remains. The E. gable has moulded and dentilled barge-boards and a shaped apex-post. Inside the building the front room, now a shop, has a plaster ceiling with a lozenge-shaped panel in the middle.
Referenced illustrations
RCHME CROSS-REFERENCE 2
Leominster, monument (50), p. 120.
a (50). House, No. 24, immediately N. of (49), has like it a modern front. At the back (Plate 142) is a projecting wing with exposed framing and with diagonal framing in the gable; the roof has been raised. The chimney-stack has four grouped shafts with diagonal pilaster-strips. Inside the building, the front part has plaster mouldings set against the ceiling-beams, and the main room has a lozenge-shaped plaster panel with acorn enrichments. The room above has a similar ceiling. The back room has some original panelling. The staircase has an original newel with a shaped terminal.
Referenced illustrations
Official list description
Original NHLE location reference
SO4959 BROAD STREET 808-1/1/54 (East side) 24/07/54 Nos.22 AND 24
LEOMINSTER SO4959 BROAD STREET 808-1/1/54 (East side) 24/07/54 Nos.22 AND 24 GV II Houses, now shop, offices and dwelling. Mid C18 front to C17 core. Roughcast; Welsh slate roof; C17 large spurred composite brick stack with rubble base, to left rear; stack to right rear. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 3-window range: 6/6 sashes in moulded architraves under pads and moulded hoods, pedimented to centre; storey band; 3/6 sashes in moulded architraves. Central entrances, in rusticated cases: to left, margin-glazed panelled door recessed in panelled reveals; to right, ornate, 2-panel double doors and overlight, in moulded case; to left, C19 canted bow-window with glazing bars under moulded cornice; rusticated stucco; to right, late C19 shop front with central half-glazed panelled door and leaded overlight, flanked by canted windows with leaded clerestories; fascia-board and moulded and modillioned hood with stop-consoles on pilasters. Rear: lattice-framed gable with raised roofline: wing with exposed timber-framing; roughcast over; C20 brick stack; plain tiles; rubble plinth. Further C17 wing with timber-framing; brick stack; timber-framed gable with moulded bressumer; modillioned bargeboards with finial. INTERIORS not inspected. (RCHME: Herefordshire: 120 (49,50)). Listing NGR: SO4962859185
Sources and further reading
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