Description

WORCESTER

SO8455NW BRITANNIA SQUARE
620-1/7/93 (West side)
22/5/54 Nos.35 AND 36

GV II

2 semi-detached houses. c1820 with later additions and
alterations. Painted stucco over brick; hipped slate roof with
pair of partially rebuilt party-wall stacks with oversailing
detail and pots. 2 storeys, four first-floor windows. Stucco
detailing includes full-height Doric style pilasters to ends and
plain frieze. 6/6 sashes all in plain reveals with sills.
Entrances in return elevations, 6-panel door with fluted
architraves and paterae to angles, fluted reveals, Left-hand
house has engaged Ionic-style doorcase, right-hand house has
part-glazed 6-panel door and Doric-style porch.

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).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26317116

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Recommended Books

• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6