Description

WORCESTER

SO8456SE BARBOURNE TERRACE
620-1/6/36 (North side)
05/04/71 No.4
with attached area
railings

GV II

Villa, now multiple offices, with attached area railings.
c1850 with later additions and alterations including mid C20
wing to east return. Red brick with stone and painted-stucco
dressings under hipped Roman-tile roofs. Ornate chimneys
comprising brick shaft with raised panels rising from stucco
plinth and with corniced stucco cap and hexagonal post;
central stack to main block has four flues in cruciform plan,
stack to rear wall of entrance tower is rectangular with
3pots. Iron scrollwork weather-vane to tower roof.
Wrought-iron steps and area railings.
PLAN: main block to east with central hall and staircase,
tower set back to west return with projecting entrance porch.
Right-half of elevation breaks forward. Italianate style. Main
block: 2-storeys, 2 first-floor windows. Stucco detailing
includes chamfered rusticated quoins; moulded plinth;
continuous sill band to first-floor windows; moulded frieze
and modillion cornice; moulded architraves to windows;
pilasters to left ground-floor French-window with stylised
petal motif to capitals. First-floor windows 6/6 sashes, that
to left is tripartite flanked by 2/2 sashes; left ground-floor
tripartite window projects under hipped lead roof, 1/2
flanking sashes to central French window with overlight,
accessed by 'flying' steps in open grille design over area;
right ground-floor is tall 2/4 sash accessed by 4 roll-edged
stone steps. Blind boxes to first-floor and ground floor.
Tower: 3-storeys, 1 first-floor window. Stucco detailing
includes open porch with keystones, moulded imposts and
architraves to semi-circular arches, cornice and panelled
blocking course with raised elliptical central feature
containing petal motif in relief and flanked by scrolled
brackets; sill band and cornice continue from main block;
quoins to ground- and first-floors, panelled clasping
pilasters above linked by plain frieze. 6/6 sash to
first-floor, 3/3 to second. Flight of 4 roll-edged steps to
porch with ceramic tiled floor, stone vase balustrade to west
and blind eastern arches, semi-circular headed entrance door
with 8 raised and fielded panels. Three 6/6 sashes to
first-floor of east return; west return has 1/2 semi-circular
headed sashes with coloured glass to margin-lights on ground
floor with 6/6 and 3/3 sashes above.
INTERIOR: Blind-arcaded hallway, original joinery including
panelled doors and dogleg staircase with turned vase
balusters.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: area railings have cross and circle motifs.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Said by Gwilliam to have been built for
Thomas Chalk by Henry Day [according to Colvin, Henry was
probably the son of architect Charles Day who practised in
Worcester and where he was County Surveyor in the 1830's; his
principal work was The Shire Hall, Worcester (qv)](Gwilliam
HW: Old Worcester: 1977-: 60).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26641798

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