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31, the Cross

A Grade II Listed Building in Worcester, Worcestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.1931 / 52°11'34"N

Longitude: -2.2214 / 2°13'16"W

OS Eastings: 384965

OS Northings: 255002

OS Grid: SO849550

Mapcode National: GBR 1G4.H73

Mapcode Global: VH92T.G40M

Plus Code: 9C4V5QVH+6F

Entry Name: 31, the Cross

Listing Date: 22 May 1954

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1390193

English Heritage Legacy ID: 489163

ID on this website: 101390193

Location: Worcester, Worcestershire, WR1

County: Worcestershire

District: Worcester

Electoral Ward/Division: Cathedral

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Worcester

Traditional County: Worcestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Worcestershire

Church of England Parish: Worcester St Nicholas and All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Worcester

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Description



WORCESTER

SO8455SE THE CROSS
620-1/12/604 (West side)
22/05/54 No.31

GV II

House. c1730 with later additions and alterations including
ground floor shop front c1960s. Reddish-brown brick in Flemish
bond with stone pilasters, keystones and sills; timber
cornice; plain tile hipped roof hipped at front and left end
brick stack with pot. 3 storeys with attic, 3 first-floor
windows. Rusticated fluted pilasters to sides. 1/1 sashes to
first and second floors in near-flush frames and with flat
arches of gauged brick and fluted keystones, those to centre
windows with foliate decoration; moulded sills. Modillion
eaves and ovolo cornice. 2 attic dormers with 1/1 sashes.
Renewed glazed shop front with glazed entrance.
INTERIOR: ground floor renewed. Upper floors retain original
joinery and plasterwork including panelled shutters and
moulded cornices.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Forms part of a significant group of listed
buildings including Premises occupied by Lloyds Bank, Premises
occupied by Costa, Premises occupied by Bradford and Bingley
Building Society, Former Church of St Nicholas, Nos 20, 21 and
28 The Cross (qqv). These all form an important visual frame
for this entrance to the city.



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