Description

WORCESTER

SO8554SW COLLEGE PRECINCTS
620-1/20/179 (East side)
22/05/54 No.8

GV II

House. c1740's with later additions and alterations including
C19 bow window and with C20 dormers. Pinkish-red brick in
Flemish bond with concealed roof. 2 storeys plus attic and on
half-basement, 4 first-floor windows. 3-course first-floor
band. First floor has 6/6 sashes in lush frames and with flat
arches of gauged brick. 3-course band over first floor.
Modillion eaves. 2 roof dormers with casement windows. Ground
floor: chamfered plinth with grille at right. Bow at left has
three 12-pane lights and fluted pilasters between. 6/6 sash at
right in flush frame and with flat arch of gauged brick, with
external shutters. Off-centre right entrance a
3-raised-and-fielded panel door with fluted surround and with
hood on corbels, divided overlight above.
INTERIOR: noted as retaining original plasterwork and joinery
including dentil cornice to first-floor room.
All the listed buildings in College Precincts (qqv) form a
good group and part of the setting for Worcester Cathedral
(qv).
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner: N: Worcestershire:
Harmondsworth: 1968-1985: 316).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26317110

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Recommended Books

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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)