Description

WORCESTER

SO8455NE BRITANNIA SQUARE
620-1/8/97 (North side)
22/5/54 No.40

GV II

House. c1820 with later additions and alterations. Painted stucco
over brick with concealed roof. Renewed end stacks with
oversailing detail and pots. PLAN: Rear central stair hall. 3
storeys. 4 first-floor windows. Stucco detailing includes
full-height Doric-style pilasters to ends, continuous first-floor
sill band, frieze, cornice and blocking course. 6/6 sashes except
for second-floor which are 3/6, all in plain reveals with sills.
Louvered shutters with catches to first-floor. Entrance to
right-return, replacement part-glazed door with overlight,
Doric-style porch. 2-storey service range to rear. Rear retains
9/6,6/6, 8/8 and 3/3 sashes.
INTERIOR: retains some original joinery including narrow
open-well staircase with stick balusters and wreathed handrail;
6-panel doors with moulded architraves. Some original decorative
plasterwork including cornices, that to hall has modillions with
anthemion design. Cellar said to retain wine stillages.

All the listed buildings in Britannia Square (qv) form a unified
group, started in 1820 and planned around 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 Q26317120

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy