Description

WORCESTER

SO8555NE RAINBOW HILL TERRACE
620-1/10/481 (North side)
05/04/71 No.3

GV II

Terraced house. c1830-50 with later additions and alterations
including restorations of 1988. Painted stucco over brick with
slate roof, parapet with brick stack to left end has
oversailing detail and pots. Slate roof to bay window.
Double-depth plan with hall to right.
EXTERIOR: 2-storeys with basement. 2 first-floor windows.
Stucco detailing includes pilaster strips, first-floor sill
band, eaves band, moulded architrave to entrance; stucco
scored to represent ashlar. Upper-floor sashes are 8/8 in
plain reveals. Canted oriel window to left ground-floor has
2/2 and /1 sashes with horns. 7 steps to entrance with low
flanking walls, 5-panel door, upper pair and centre raised and
fielded with bolection moulding, bottom pair have flush
beading to recessed panels; panelled reveals; Gothic traceried
fanlight. Pair of C20 side-hung, multi-paned windows to
basement.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Nos 1-10 (consecutive) Rainbow Hill Terrace
(qqv) form a good group of listed buildings comparing well
with other developments of this period in Worcester such as
Britannia Square, Lansdowne Crescent, and Lark Hill (qqv).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669466

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)