Description

WORCESTER

SO8456SE ST GEORGE'S SQUARE
620-1/6/554 (South side)
22/05/54 No.18
Annesley
(Formerly Listed as:
ST GEORGE'S SQUARE
No.18)

GV II

Villa, abutting No.17. c1830-40 with later additions and
alterations. Brick with ornate painted-stucco facade under
hipped slate roof. Pair of stacks to each end-wall, all with
oversailing details and pots. Ornamental cast-iron gutter with
lion's head bosses to front elevation.
PLAN: double-depth, tapers to accommodate corner site,
entrance at right of principle elevation. Single-storey
service-ranges to rear left.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. 3 first-floor windows. Stucco detailing
includes quoins; rusticated surround to ground-floor windows,
ground-floor sills supported on 2 pairs of corbel brackets;
first-floor windows have architraves, decorated frieze,
console brackets and cornice; the second-floor windows have a
continuous sill band with corbels, panelled pilasters
surmounted by continuous full-width guilloche frieze and
dentil cornice; Doric-style doorcase with cornice extending
full-width of facade. All sashes are 6/6 in reveals. 2
roll-edged steps to entrance archway, open lobby with ceramic
tiled floor and modillion cornice to ceiling, 5-panel door,
top 4 raised and fielded, bottom panel flush- beaded with
incised elliptical motif, radial pattern fanlight. 12/9
semi-circular-headed staircase window to left (east) return
elevation.
INTERIOR: believed to retain original decorative plasterwork
and joinery including staircase, shutters and doors.
(Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Worcestershire:
Harmondsworth: 1968-1985: 38,334,335).

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669509

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
• 
  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)