Description

WORCESTER

SO8455NE BRITANNIA SQUARE
620-1/8/87 (West side)
22/5/54 No.27

GV II

House. c1820 with later additions and alterations. Painted stucco
over brick with hipped slate roof, end stacks with oversailing
detail and pots. Single-depth plan with central hallway. 2
storeys. 2 first-floor windows. Stucco lined to represent ashlar.
All windows 8/8 sashes in plain reveals with sills. 6-panel
entrance door; fanlight with radial glazing bars; renewed timber
Doric-style doorcase, incised geometric design to pilasters and
frieze.

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 Q26317210

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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