Description

WORCESTER

SO85SE LONDON ROAD
620-1/4/407 (North East side)
05/05/76 No.163
Formerly Listed as:
LONDON ROAD
No.163)

II

Villa, now flats. c1800 with later additions and alterations,
including late C20 renovations and range to rear. Bath stone
ashlar over brick with replaced shallow-hipped slate roof,
renewed rear brick stack with oversailing course and pots. Single
depth, central hallway plan.
3 storeys on basement, 3 first-floor windows; single-storey,
single bay ranges at right and left. Main range has plinth and
plain end pilasters, crowning frieze and cornice. 8/8 sashes to
ground and first floors, 4/4 sashes to second floor; all in plain
reveals and with sills. Flight of steps to central entrance a
-raised-and-fielded-panel door has fanlight with gothic glazing
bars within ashlar doorcase with open pediment on pilasters with
fleurons to caps. Range at left has 10/10 sash, range at right is
blind to front facade and has 10/10 sash to return, otherwise
right return has blind first-floor window and 3/3 sash to second
floor. Outer ranges have crowning frieze and cornice with
blocking course.
INTERIOR: said to contain some original features.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669390

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Recommended Books

• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide