Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20/10/2016

SO8454SW
620-1/15/579

WORCESTER
ST JOHNS (North West side)
No.40

(Formerly listed as No. 40, ST JOHN'S)

08/03/74

GV
II
End of terrace house, now shop on ground-floor and flat above. Late C18 with later additions and alterations. Red brick with stone dressings; plain clay tile roof, dentilled eaves. Two ridge stacks to right-hand end, both with oversailing detail and pots. Single-depth plan, central hall and staircase (upper floors only). Right-return is curved in plan. Parallel range to rear under outshot. Further service range to rear right, angled to accommodate plot boundary. 2 storeys and attic. 4 (3:1) first-floor windows; right-hand end bay of building breaks forward very slightly with corresponding step in ridge-line. First-floor windows alternate 8/8 and 6/6, all in ear-flush-frames with sills and under cambered arches. Traditional style shopfront with pilasters and console brackets is a late C20 replica. Replacement vertically-boarded door to left under semi-circular arch accesses upper-floors. 6/6 sash to right. 3 gabled dormers with paired 3-pane side-hung casements.

INTERIOR: not inspected.

NOTE: This building subject to a comprehensive scheme of repair and reinstatement c1989. Brickwork to ground-floor renewed as part of these works.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669534

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)