Description

WORCESTER

SO8555NW LANSDOWNE CRESCENT
620-1/9/375 (North East side)
05/04/71 No.12

GV II

Detached house, built as 2 dwellings, 12 and 13, converted in
1878 to one; now five flats. 1840-68 with later additions and
alterations. Painted stucco over brick, hipped slate roof with
wide, bracketted eaves; stack to each end in stucco with brick
oversailing detail and pots. Double-depth plan with side
entrance. 2 storeys and cellar. 4 first-floor windows. Stucco
detailing includes plinth, banded rustication to ground-floor
with vermiculated quoins and keystones to window heads; plain
band below first-floor windows which together with their sills
are housed in shallow recesses; rectangular recessed panels
between cyma reversa eaves brackets; porch. First-floor windows
are 2/2 sashes; those to ground-floor are tall 2/4 extending down
to plinth level and each accessed by 4 steps; the hinges for
external shutters remain. The stucco detailing of the front
elevation is continued on the returns. Left-return: central porch
in Greek Doric-style with robust fluted columns, plain pilasters;
2-leaf, 2-panel entrance door, glass over small raised and
fielded panel; to left a tall 2/1 sash extending down to
floor-level. On the first-floor a 2/2 sash to left and centre; to
the right an external stack on corbel bracket. Right-return:
upper storey similar to left return. Original central porch
removed and entrance infilled, small C20 window inserted to left;
to right a canted bay with 1/1:2/4 sashes and glazed door. Bay
enclosed by late C20 conservatory. 2-storey service range to rear
in painted brick; plain between-floor band continues from main
range in stucco; recessed brickwork panel at eaves. 2/2 sashes.
INTERIOR: reflects the alterations related to its 1878 conversion
from a semi- to a single residence and its more recent conversion
to flats but still retains some original features including
panelled doors and shutters, skirtings and architraves, plaster
cornices.
HISTORICAL NOTE: The porch and bay window to the right return are
both shown on the 1886 O.S. Map. Of similar design to No.11
(q.v.) Lansdowne Crescent. Because of their elevated position,
vehicular access to these houses could only be from the east via
Lansdowne Crescent Lane; this introduced a degree of formality to
what would normally be the rear elevation. he 1886
O.S. map shows Nos 10 and 14 (qqv) as exceptions with carriage
drives from the west off Lansdowne Crescent. Nos 1-15
(consecutive) and 17 and 18 Lansdowne Crescent (qqv) form a good
group of listed buildings comparing well with other developments
of this period in Worcester such as Britannia Square, Lark Hill,
and Rainbow Hill Terrace (qqv).
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Worcestershire: Harmondsworth:
1968-1985: 38, 335; JM Knowles: Lansdowne Crescent Worcester to
1900: Worcester: 1988-).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669359

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6