Description

SO8554SW
620-1/20/227

WORCESTER
EDGAR STREET (North side)
No.10

22/05/54

GV
II
House. Late C18 with later additions and alterations. Pinkish-brown brick in Flemish bond, stuccoed to ground floor scored in imitation of ashlar; plain tile roof, hipped to
front, tall left end stack with oversailing course and pots.

Three storeys, two first floor windows. Ground and first floors each have two 6/6 sashes in plain reveals and with sills, those to first floor have flat arches of gauged brick. Second floor has tripartite window with 3/6 between 1/2 sashes in near-flush frame and with sill. Modillion eaves band. Entrance at left: renewed six raised and fielded-panel door with overlight with margin lights within doorcase with fluted pilasters, frieze and hood.

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 and it forms part of the setting for the Cathedral (qv).

(NMR: Photograph).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669208

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
• 
  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings