Description

WORCESTER

SO8554NW MEALCHEAPEN STREET
620-1/17/438 (South side)
22/05/54 No.15

GV II

Inn, now shop. 1748 with later additions and alterations
including renewed late C20 ground floor and shop front, and
attics. Pinkish-red brick in Flemish bond with renewed timber
cornice and plain tile roof; probably with timber frame.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attics, 3 first-floor windows. First
floor has 12/12 flush sashes under flat arches of gauged brick
and with outer triangular and central segmental baseless
pediments of rubbed brick. Dentil cornice. Hipped roof dormers
have casement windows. Ground floor: at left a C20
6-flush-beaded-panel door with 4-pane overlight and flat arch.
Shop front has glazed windows and central glazed door with
Victorian style outer pilasters and fascia.
INTERIOR: noted as retaining roof timbers with raised
principals (Hughes 'upper crucks') and collars; some interior
features intact including deal panelling and fluted pilasters
to first floor, front room.
HISTORICAL NOTE: from C16 to C19 Nos 15 and 16 (qv) were leased
together, and was first licenced as an inn in 1608; in 1618 the
inn, known as The Prince's Arms (for Prince Henry) was rebuilt
and it was rebuilt in its present state in 1748. During the C19
he inn was known as The Shades. Mealcheapen Street flourished
particularly in the C16 and early 17, predominantly as a retail
outlet; Hughes: 'it was the proximity to the Cornmarket that
gave the street much of its prosperity and led to the
establishment of a number of large inns.'
The listed buildings in Mealcheapen Street form a group with
the listed buildings in Cornmarket and with Church of St
Swithun, Church Street (qqv).
(Hughes P: Buildings and the Building Trade in Worcester
1540-1650: PhD thesis: 1990-: 199-200, 220-1).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669427

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