Description

WORCESTER

SO8456SE ST GEORGE'S SQUARE
620-1/6/692 (South side)
19/08/99 Nos.1 AND 2

GV II

Two semi-detached houses. c1860 with later additions and
alterations. Brick with stone and stucco detailing under
hipped slated roof, party wall stack with oversailing detail
and pots. Double-fronted, double-depth plan. Originally single
dwelling or purpose designed to look like one house with
central entrance (shown as 2 dwellings on 1886 O.S. map);
access to No. 2 is via narrow, single-window range set back to
left return. Service ranges to rear. 3 storeys. 3 first-floor
windows. 2/2 sashes to second-floor, otherwise mainly 1/1;
rectangular bay window with hipped lead roof and tripartite
sashes to left and right ground-floor all in plain reveals
with sills. Stucco/stone detailing includes moulded plinth,
bay window and door surrounds, moulded string course below
first-floor windows which have eared and shouldered surrounds,
sill band to second-floor windows which have eared surrounds
and brackets to sills; eaves cornice with narrow string course
below. Tuscan style pilaster door case to No 1 with console
brackets and moulded canopy; 3 stone steps to 6-panel door,
all raised and fielded with bolection moulding; plain
overlight. Similar door and overlight to No. 2 but with
moulded surround and no canopy; 3 stone steps.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Although later than the principal group of houses around St.
George's Square, this building is a classical composition
which forms an important part of the group.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669498

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)