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William Gilpin Place, ROSS-ON-WYE, HR9 7GB

Looking west from Broad Street.

Numbers 1 and 2 Broad Street were built in the 18th century. Constructed as two parallel ranges, of stuccoed brick with rusticated quoins under hipped slate roofs. The shopfronts are modern. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1179158 Ross-on-Wye is an attractive market town in Herefordshire, near the border with Wales and within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Located on the east bank of the River Wye, the town is some 11¼ miles southeast of Hereford and 14¾ miles northwest of Gloucester. Settlement of the area dates back to the Iron Age. Today the town promotes itself as ‘the birthplace of British tourism’ and visitors are an important part of the economy.

Seen from its junction with Broad Street. 'Originally known as "Back Lane"' http://www.ross-on-wye.com/index.php?page=ross_510-New_Street

Number 3 Broad Street was built in the early 18th century. Constructed of brick under a hipped slate roof. The shopfront is modern. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1349268 Ross-on-Wye is an attractive market town in Herefordshire, near the border with Wales and within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Located on the east bank of the River Wye, the town is some 11¼ miles southeast of Hereford and 14¾ miles northwest of Gloucester. Settlement of the area dates back to the Iron Age. Today the town promotes itself as ‘the birthplace of British tourism’ and visitors are an important part of the economy.

Number 43 New Street was built in the 18th century. Constructed of stuccoed brick under a slate roof. Now converted into flats. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1179561 Ross-on-Wye is an attractive market town in Herefordshire, near the border with Wales and within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Located on the east bank of the River Wye, the town is some 11¼ miles southeast of Hereford and 14¾ miles northwest of Gloucester. Settlement of the area dates back to the Iron Age. Today the town promotes itself as ‘the birthplace of British tourism’ and visitors are an important part of the economy.

Number 4 Broad Street was built in the early 18th century. Constructed of brick under a hipped slate roof. The shopfront is modern. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1098728 Ross-on-Wye is an attractive market town in Herefordshire, near the border with Wales and within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Located on the east bank of the River Wye, the town is some 11¼ miles southeast of Hereford and 14¾ miles northwest of Gloucester. Settlement of the area dates back to the Iron Age. Today the town promotes itself as ‘the birthplace of British tourism’ and visitors are an important part of the economy.

Number 5 Broad Street was built in the 17th century with later alterations. Constructed of stuccoed brick under a slate roof with a fine barge board. The right corner is splayed with corbel support. The shopfront is modern. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1179163 Ross-on-Wye is an attractive market town in Herefordshire, near the border with Wales and within the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Located on the east bank of the River Wye, the town is some 11¼ miles southeast of Hereford and 14¾ miles northwest of Gloucester. Settlement of the area dates back to the Iron Age. Today the town promotes itself as ‘the birthplace of British tourism’ and visitors are an important part of the economy.

A building society and a pub are cheek-by-jowl on Broad Street in the town centre.

At 9:45am the town centre should be bustling, but the cold wet weather rules the day!

The shop has remained more-or-less empty for three years since Ross-on-Wye's last independent newsagent business closed. On the corner of Broad street and New Street.