Description

WORCESTER

SO8554SW EDGAR STREET
620-1/20/223 (South side)
22/05/54 No.6

GV II

House, now offices. Early C19 refronting of earlier property.
Pinkish-brown brick in Flemish bond with red brick arches, and
ashlar plinth, quoins, sills, architrave, cornice and copings;
plain tile ipped roof; cast-iron boot scraper. 3 storeys plus
attic, two first-floor windows. Plinth; quoins to full height.
8/8 sashes throughout; all in plain reveals, with sills and
flat arches of gauged brick. Renewed frieze and cyma moulded
cornice, coped parapet. Entrance at right:
6-raised-and-fielded panel door in mid C18 Gibbs surround with
cornice. Boot scraper. Partly concealed attic dormer to right
return.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Nos 2-16 (consecutive) Edgar Street (qqv) form a significant
group, together with Nos 28-34 (even) Sidbury; No.12 College
Precincts; Tower House, No.1 Severn Street; and Edgar Tower,
College Green (qqv). Edgar Street (in which all the buildings
are listed) is a fine example of a Georgian street; it forms
part of the setting for the Cathedral (qv).

(NMR: Photograph).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669204

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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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)