Description

WORCESTER

SO8455NE BRITANNIA SQUARE
620-1/8/88 (West side)
22/5/54 Nos.27A AND 27B

GV II

2 semi-detached houses. c1820 with later additions and
alterations. Painted stucco over brick with hipped slate roof; 4
stacks (2 to party wall in front and rear roof slopes, 2 end
stacks), all with wide moulded cornice detail and pots.
Full-height entrance wings set well back to return elevations. 2
storeys, 4 first-floor windows (1:2:1). Stucco detailing includes
plinth and eaves band and later C19 canted bay with cornice and
blocking course. All windows 2/2 sashes excepting bay to right
ground-floor which are 1/1, all in plain reveals with sills.
6-panel entrance doors, fanlights with radial glazing bars, door
and fanlight to No.27B renewed.

All the listed buildings in Britannia Square (qv) form a unified
group, started in 1820 and planned around 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 Q26317155

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