Description

WORCESTER

SO8455NE BRITANNIA SQUARE
620-1/8/102 (East side)
26/03/75 Nos.46 AND 46A
Rothesay House and Rothesay
Lodge with attached
boundary wall and gate
piers
(Formerly Listed as:
BRITANNIA SQUARE
(East side)
Nos.46 AND 46A
Rothesay House)

II

Formerly known as: Nos.46 AND 46A Rothesay House HEBB STREET.
House, now 2 houses, with attached boundary wall and gate piers.
c1820 with later additions and alterations. Brick with hipped
slate roof, brick parapet to south and return elevations with
stucco cornice and coping. Painted stucco sills. 3 chimney stacks
to rear (north) wall, all with oversailing detail and pots.
Tile-hung, slate-roofed extension to first-floor supported on
cast-iron columns. Single-depth plan. Asymmetric facade with
entrance hall and staircase to Rothesay House off-centre right.
Left-hand bay of main block and further wing to left (west) is
Rothesay Lodge. Main House: 3-storeys and cellar. 4 (1:3)
first-floor windows; all 8/8 sashes except above entrance which
are 6/6; all in plain reveals with sills and flat gauged brick
arches. Entrance: 6-panel door, upper 4 raised and fielded,
bottom pair flush-beaded; radial pattern fanlight; late C19
extension over entrance forms open porch. Right (east) return
elevation has 6/6 sash to first-floor and 3/6 to second. West
wing: 3-storeys, concealed roof, 1 first-floor window, 4/8 sash;
3/6 to second floor; C20 multi-pane window to ground-floor; all
in plain reveals with segmental arches and sills. Further
single-storey range to left contains entrance to Rothesay Lodge.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: Adjoining stone-coped brick boundary wall to
east. Adjoining brick boundary wall and gate piers to west.

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).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26317125

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Recommended Books

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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  For the Record
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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)