Description

WORCESTER

SO8554SE ROSE HILL
620-1/21/487 (West side)
05/04/71 Nos.1 AND 2

GV II

Pair of semi-detached houses, adjoined at rear by No.75 London
Road (qv). c1820 with later additions and alterations.
Red-orange brick; painted stone sills. Plain clay tile hipped
roof, dentilled eaves. Ridge and left gable end stack with
oversailing detail and pots. Timber doorcases. Wing to
left-return is part brick, part painted stucco; further
painted stucco outshot to rear of left return. Right-return is
painted stucco.
PLAN: Left-hand house (No.1) double-depth with lobby entrance
to right. Right-hand house aligned at right angles and
single-depth. ROSE HILL ELEVATION: Probably originally
designed to look like one large house with almost symmetrical
facade; entrance to No.2 in right-return. 3 storeys and
cellar. 4 (2:2) first-floor windows. 3/3 sashes to
second-floor, otherwise 6/6 except right ground-floor which is
2/2; most are replacement with horns; all in near-flush-frames
with sills; flat gauged brick arches to ground- and
first-floor. 2 stone steps to entrance to left house (No.1),
raised and fielded 6-panel door; radial pattern fanlight with
segmental margin-glazing. Panelled pilaster doorcase with open
pediment. Two-storey wing to left-return; dentilled eaves;
blind-window to ground-floor under flat gauged brick arch, no
sill; first-floor window partially brick-blocked, sill.
Entrance to No.2 via single-storey outshot to right-return,
glazed roof concealed behind parapeted front wall; matching
doorcase to No.1 but plain fanlight; replacement part-glazed
panelled door. SOUTH-RETURN (LONDON ROAD) ELEVATION:
3-storeys. To left first-floor is 6/6 sash; 3/3 to second;
both replacement with horns; both in near-flush-frames; sills
and gauged flat brick arches. Outshot below has multi-pane
sash with side-lights. To right of elevation is 2-storey wing
with brick coping to parapeted gable. Oriel window to
first-floor (2/2:8/8:2/2). C20 windows and glazed door with
overlight to ground-floor.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669495

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