Description

WORCESTER

SO8554NW NEW STREET
620-1/17/461 (West side)
08/03/74 Market Hall (elevation to
New Street only)
Formerly Listed as:
NEW STREET
(West side)
Market Hall (rear elevation
only))

GV II

Market hall facade. Dated 1849, with later additions. Stucco
scored in imitation of ashlar over brick. Single tall storey, 3
bays. Plinth. End giant Doric pilasters and to central recess;
central entrance has renewed glazed double doors and tall
multi-pane window over, between 2 giant half-engaged fluted Doric
columns in antis. To either side are tall round-arched openings,
that to left has part-glazed door and windows with glazing bars
over, that to right a 9-pane window; above these openings are
recessed oblong panels. Columns and pilasters surmounted by
continuous frieze, architrave and raised parapet to centre and
right, copings.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: New Street had changed its name from the
medieval Glover Street by 1523.
A significant streetscape feature.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669444

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Recommended Books

• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)