Description

WORCESTER

SO8455NE BRITANNIA SQUARE
620-1/8/91 (West side)
22/5/54 Nos.31, 32 AND 33

GV II

Terrace of 3 houses. c1820 with later additions and alterations.
Painted stucco over brick; hipped slate roof, 4 partially rebuilt
stacks with brick oversailing detail and pots. Timber porches.
Double-depth plan. Terrace designed to look like single large
house. 3 storeys and cellar. 5 first-floor windows (1:3:1).
Stucco detailing includes plinth; full-height pilasters to ends
and to left and right of 3 middle windows; entrance and windows
above in shallow break-forward; panelled frieze. Second-floor has
3/3 sashes, otherwise 6/6, all in plain reveals with sills.
Entrances to centre and returns, doors all have 6-panels, bottom
pair flush-beaded, upper panels raised and fielded to centre door
only otherwise glazed; fanlight with radial glazing bars,
panelled reveals, Doric-style porches. Return elevations have 3
first-floor windows. Interior noted as retaining some original
features including open-well staircases with wreathed handrail;
panelled shutters and doors, architraves; plaster cornices;
fireplaces, some with cast-iron hob-grates.

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 Q26317114

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)