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Latitude: 52.1854 / 52°11'7"N
Longitude: -2.2007 / 2°12'2"W
OS Eastings: 386377
OS Northings: 254148
OS Grid: SO863541
Mapcode National: GBR 1G5.VVV
Mapcode Global: VH92T.SBYH
Plus Code: 9C4V5QPX+5P
Entry Name: 44 and 46, Lark Hill
Listing Date: 22 May 1954
Last Amended: 27 June 2001
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1389946
English Heritage Legacy ID: 488897
ID on this website: 101389946
Location: Red Hill, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5
County: Worcestershire
District: Worcester
Electoral Ward/Division: Cathedral
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Worcester
Traditional County: Worcestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Worcestershire
Church of England Parish: Worcester, St Martin with St Peter and Whittington
Church of England Diocese: Worcester
Tagged with: Building
WORCESTER
SO85SE LARK HILL
620-1/4/383 Nos.44 AND 46
22/05/54 Formerly Listed as:
LARKHILL ROAD
No.44)
Formerly Listed as:
LARKHILL ROAD
No.46)
GV II
Pair of semi-detached villas. c1819-24 with later additions and
alterations. Stucco over brick with hipped slate roof and
stuccoed party-wall stacks with pots. 3 storeys, 4 first-floor
windows and service ranges to rear. Symmetrical, classical design
with main facade to garden (west) front. Stucco detailing
includes full height Doric pilasters to ends, then paired
pilasters between windows. Wide eaves. First floor has 8/8 sashes
with blind boxes; second floor has 4/4 sashes; ground floor has
tall 6/6 sashes where original; all in plain reveals and with
sills. Timber verandah to garden facade, ground floor. Entrances
to sides and rear: 3-panel part-glazed door with fanlight with
radial glazing bars and part-renewed timber doorcase.
INTERIOR: No.46 has dogleg staircase with wreathed handrail;
marble fireplace; panelled shutters to windows.
HISTORIC NOTE: the Lark Hill development, c1819-24, was
originally intended to be more extensive with terraces and a
crescent. Nos 38 to 50 (even) and Woodside, Lark Hill Road form a
good group of villas. No.44 was formerly listed as No.4 and No.46
was formerly listed as No.5 Larkhill Road. (Worcestershire
Historical Society Occasional Papers: Whitehead D: Urban Renewal
and Suburban Growth: The Shaping of Georgian Worcs: 1989-: 44).
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