Description

WORCESTER

SO8455NE ALBANY TERRACE
620-1/8/13 (North side)
08/3/74 Nos.28 AND 30
with attached railings to
No.30
(Formerly Listed as:
ALBANY TERRACE
(North side)
Nos.6-30 (Even))

GV II

2 semi-detached houses and attached area railings to left,
numbered right to left, described left to right. c1820-40 with
later additions and alterations. Painted stucco over brick,
hipped slate roof, 2 party-wall stacks, stucco to front roof
slope with cornice and pots, stack to rear slope similar but
brick with oversailing detail and pots. Cast-iron railings to
basement light-wells of left-hand house. Left-return is
unpainted brick. Double-depth plan with entrances in return
elevations. 2 storeys and basement. 4 (2:2) first-floor
windows. Stucco detailing includes sills, plinth, corner
pilasters with capitals, simple frieze with moulded upper edge
and recessed rectangular panels, porch to left return, incised
curvilinear panels to entrance link to right; stucco scored to
represent ashlar. 4 ground-floor windows are 6/6 as
first-floor; all in plain reveals with sills. Railings to
light-wells have twisted posts and circular-section rails.
Left return has central Tuscan-style doorcase, 2 roll-edged
stone steps; 5-panel door, bottom pair flush-beaded, centre
raised and fielded, top pair glazed. 8/8 sash to first-floor
above. Entrance to right-hand house in set-back single-storey
link with adjacent house to right, No.26 (qv) Albany Terrace;
door recessed behind arch, 5-panel, upper pair glazed, lower
panels flush-beaded; linking-range has curvilinear coped
parapet with central ball.
INTERIORS: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: railings to light wells have twisted
posts and circular-section rails.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Nos 28 and 30 are of similar appearance to
Nos 6 to 26 (even), Albany Terrace (qv). Albany Terrace is
situated at N side of Britannia Square (qv) and forms part of
one of Worcester's important Regency developments.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Worcestershire:
Harmondsworth: 1968-1985: 334).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26641836

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record