Description

WORCESTER

SO8454NE FISH STREET
620-1/16/236 No.23
08/3/74 Plough Inn

GV II

House, now inn. Early/mid C18 with later additions and
alterations, including C20 attic dormers. Stuccoed and
whitewashed brick with plain tile roof and 2 right end stacks.
2 storeys with attics, 4 first-floor windows with extension to
rear. Chamfered plinth. Entrance at left: step to 6-panel
door, the upper four panels raised and fielded, the lower
panels flush beaded; fanlight; in plain eveals. Ground floor
has two 4/1 horned sashes, the lower lights have etched glass.
Remains of first-floor band. First floor has four 9/9 sashes
in near-flush frames and with chamfered sills. Eaves band and
modillion cornice. Box attic dormers with casement windows.
Right return: further entrance in gable end, a 3-long-panel
door. To first floor a multi-pane window. Rear has two 8/8
sashes and one 4/4 sash.
INTERIOR: dog-leg staircase has 2 rod-on-vase balusters per
tread with shaped and wreathed handrail; carved tread ends.
Front room has raised and fielded panelling, with panelled
cupboard doors with H-hinges to either side of fireplace, the
cupboard to left side is larger. Shaped cornice.
Occupies a site on the corner of Fish Street and Deansway and
frames the view to the Cathedral (qv).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669220

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)