Description

WORCESTER

SO8554NW FRIAR STREET
620-1/17/285 (East side)
05/04/71 No.19

GV II

Probably originally house and shop, now shop with offices
over. Probably c1739, possibly with C16 origins and later
additions and alterations including C19 and C20 shop front.
Painted brick front facade with plain tile roof (renewed). 2
storeys with attic, 2 first-floor windows. First floor has 6/6
sashes in near-flush, cambered arched frames and with cambered
arches over; sills. Modillion eaves band. 2 gabled full
dormers with casement windows. Ground floor has entrance to
passage at left then timber shop front with renewed glazed
door and multi-pane shop window on apron; frieze.
INTERIOR: chamfered beams and exposed timber-frame.
HISTORICAL NOTE: surveys made by the city indicate that No.21
(qv) was 'new built in 1739'. (The Buildings of England:
Pevsner N: Worcestershire: Harmondsworth: 1968-1985: 328).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669265

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  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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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability