Description

WORCESTER

SO8455NW BRITANNIA SQUARE
620-1/7/92 (West side)
22/5/54 No.34

GV II

Villa. c1820 with later additions and alterations. Painted stucco
over brick; concealed roof; partially rebuilt end stacks with
brick oversailing detail and pots. Double-depth plan with
entrance hall at right. 2 storeys and basement. 2 first-floor
windows. Stucco detailing includes crowning frieze and parapet.
First-floor has 8/8 sashes, ground-floor has tall 8/12 sashes,
all in plain reveals with sills. Entrance at right; 5 panel door,
bottom pair flush-beaded, otherwise raised and fielded; fanlight
with segmental pattern glazing bars; panelled reveals; doorcase
has fluted pilasters with roundels, open pediment. Dormer with
cambered roof, offset right of centre.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

All the listed buildings in Britannia Square (qv) form a unified
group, started in 1820 and planned round a large green in which
the main house is placed ('Springfield', qv). Compares with
similar although smaller developments in Worcester such as
Lansdowne Crescent, Lark Hill, and Rainbow Hill Terrace (qqv).
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Worcestershire: Harmondsworth:
1968-1985: 334).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26317115

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Recommended Books

• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)