Former Stables And Coach House To The Old Palace

WORCESTER

SO8454NE DEANSWAY 620-1/16/207 (West side) 05/04/71 Former Stables and Coach House to The Old Palace (Nos 1-5 consecutive) (Formerly Listed as: DEANSWAY (West side) Stables and Coach House at The Deanery)

GV II

Coach house and stables, now dwellings. Probably c1719-23 with earlier origins including possibly C13 wall to rear and later additions and alterations including those c1850 and conversions c1980s. Possibly by William and Francis Smith of Tettenhall, Staffordshire for Bishop Hough. Pinkish-red brick in Flemish bond with ashlar plinth, quoins, bands and cornice; hipped plain tile roof; cast-iron brackets. 2 storeys with attic to pediment, 3:1:3 first-floor windows. Centre bay breaks forward and is pedimented. Quoins to ends and to breakforward. Chamfered plinth, first-floor band, crowning cavetto-moulded cornice. Ground floor: outer bays have tall casement windows in original stable openings, with cambered arches over. To centre a plank and glass infill under wide, cambered arch with keystone. Pediment has oculus with cavetto-moulded surround and 4 voussoirs. Returns have 2 windows. 4 carriage lamps on scrolled brackets. INTERIOR: not inspected. Probably built at the time of alterations and rebuilding to the Old Palace (qv) for Bishop Hough. Forms part of the setting for The Old Palace (qv).