Description

WORCESTER

SO8455NE BRITANNIA SQUARE
620-1/8/90 (West side)
22/5/54 No.30

GV II

Villa. c1820 with later additions and alterations. Painted stucco
over brick, hipped slate roof, partially renewed end stack with
brick oversailing detail and pots. Central hallway, double-depth
plan. 2 storeys. 3 first-floor windows. Stucco detailing includes
central break forward, full-height pilaster strips to ends,
plinth, crowning frieze and wide eaves. Outer 8/8 sashes, central
6/6 sash to first-floor, all in plain reveals with sills;
louvered shutters. Central entrance, 6-panel door, upper panels
raised and fielded, lower panels flush, fanlight with radial
glazing bars, panelled reveals, Doric-style porch.
INTERIOR not inspected.
All the listed buildings in Britannia Square (qv) form a unified
group, started in 1820 and planned round a large green in which
the main house is placed ('Springfield', qv). Compares with
similar although smaller developments in Worcester such as
Lansdowne Crescent, Lark Hill, and Rainbow Hill Terrace (qqv).
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Worcestershire: Harmondsworth:
1968-1985: 334). Worcester such as Lansdowne Crescent, Lark Hill,
and Rainbow Hill Terrace (qqv).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26317113

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)