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SO8554SW
620-1/20/305

WORCESTER
GREEN HILL, LONDON ROAD (West side)
Nos.2-5 (Consecutive) and attached railings to Nos 2, 4 and 5

(Formerly Listed as: GREEN HILL, LONDON ROAD Nos.2-5 (Consecutive))

22/05/54

GV
II
Four terraced houses and attached railings to Nos 2, 4 and 5. Numbered right to left, described left to right. c1828-30 with later additions and alterations. Stucco, scored in imitation of ashlar, over brick with slate roof, hipped to left and pinkish-red brick party-wall stacks, that to left rendered; wrought and cast-iron railings. Three storeys on basements, 2:2:1:1 first floor windows. Ground and first floors have six/six sashes, second floor has three/three sashes, all in plain reveals and with sills. Plain eaves band. Basements have casement windows. Entrances: all to left. Flights of five steps. All except house at left retain original doors and door furniture: five-panel doors with two lower flush-beaded panels (three levels of beading); centre panel has oval motif and quatrefoil with lion-head knocker; otherwise a replacement six-panel door; all have fluted friezes and fanlights, those to right and off-centre left have decorative lozenge glazing bars, all in panelled reveals and with fluted surrounds with lion masks to imposts and keystones. Outshuts to rear. Left return has modillion eaves. Rear returns six/six and three/three sashes.

INTERIORS: not inspected.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: area railings and to sides of steps, those two to left have heart-and-honeysuckle motif, those to right have rods with scroll motif and stick railings.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Green Hill was developed c1828. Nos 2-10 (consecutive) and Nos 12, 14, 15 and 16 form a good group of early C19 houses.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669287

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version