Description

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SO85NE
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WORCESTER
TILL STREET, Lansdowne Lodge
MERRIMANS WALK, Merrimans Lodge

(Formerly listed as TILL STREET Nos.1,2 AND 3, Merrimans Cottage, Merrimans Lodge, Lansdowne Lodge, previously listed as: TILL STREET Nos.2 & 3 Merriman's Walk, Merriman's Cottages)

08/03/74

II
Possibly originally one house, later extended and subdivided into two then three, now two. Early C19 with later additions and alterations. Red brick with stone detailing; hipped slated roof partially concealed behind parapet. End stacks with oversailing detail and pots.
Double-depth plan with entrances in left (north) return and to off-centre left and to right of principal (west) elevation. 3 storeys, 4 first-floor windows. Stone detailing includes frieze, moulded cornice and parapet; sills. Canted bay (4/4:6/6:4/4) to each side of left-of-centre entrance; tripartite window (4/4:6/6:4/4) above each bay flanking 6/6 sash. Second-floor has 4-pane casement flanked by ripartite window each light of 4-panes. Single window range to right has 6/6 sash above entrance with 4-pane casement to second-floor. 6-panel doors, upper 4 glazed; pilaster doorcases with open pediments.

Number one (Merrimans Cottage) now part of Merrimans Lodge, is set back to left return. Single-depth plan. 2-storeys. The west elevation is blank. Two windows to each floor of north elevation, all 8/8 sashes; entrance to left in single-storey range.

INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Shown as 2 houses on First Edition O.S. Map of 1886.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26669646

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas