Description

WORCESTER

SO8455NE ALBANY TERRACE
620-1/8/6 (North side)
08/3/74 Nos.6 AND 8
and attached area
railings
(Formerly Listed as:
ALBANY TERRACE
(North side)
Nos.6-30 (Even))

GV II

2 semi-detached houses and attached area railings, numbered
right to left, described left to right. c1820-40 with later
additions and alterations.

MATERIALS: mainly painted stucco over brick with brick left
return wall. Hipped slate roof. 2 party-wall stacks, those to
front roof slope are stuccoed and have cornice and pots, stack
to rear roof slope in brick with oversailing detail and pots.
Cast-iron railings to area.
PLAN: double-depth with entrances in return elevations.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and basement. 4 (2:2) first-floor windows.
Stucco detailing includes plinth, sills, corner pilasters with
capitals, simple frieze with moulded upper edge and recessed
rectangular panels; stucco scored to represent ashlar. 4
ground-floor windows are 6/6 sashes as first-floor, all in
plain reveals with sills. Steps and paving to area of
right-hand house with part-glazed door and window to basement.
Set-back single-storey stucco link to adjacent house to left
contains entrance; 6-panel door, bottom pair flush-beaded,
upper 4 raised and fielded; radial pattern fanlight with
segmental margin glazing. Right house: Tuscan-style porch with
square columns; 3-panel entrance door, radial fanlight with
segmental margin glazing. 2 storey wing to right of porch.
8/8, 6/6 and 4/4 sashes to return elevation. 2-storey service
range to rear of left-hand house with further C20 extension;
large 3-storey wing to the rear of right-hand house.
INTERIORS: noted as retaining some original features including
panelled shutters.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: railings to basement area, those to
right-hand house are decorative in paired heart and anthemion
design.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Albany Terrace is situated at N side of
Britannia Square (qv) and forms part of one of Worcester's
important Regency developments. The houses are of similar
general appearance to Nos 10-30 (even) (qv) Albany Terrace but
differing in details.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Worcestershire:
Harmondsworth: 1968-1985: 334).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26641829

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Recommended Books

• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
• 
  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)