27A And 27B, Britannia Square

WORCESTER

SO8455NE BRITANNIA SQUARE 620-1/8/88 (West side) 22/5/54 Nos.27A AND 27B

GV II

2 semi-detached houses. c1820 with later additions and alterations. Painted stucco over brick with hipped slate roof; 4 stacks (2 to party wall in front and rear roof slopes, 2 end stacks), all with wide moulded cornice detail and pots. Full-height entrance wings set well back to return elevations. 2 storeys, 4 first-floor windows (1:2:1). Stucco detailing includes plinth and eaves band and later C19 canted bay with cornice and blocking course. All windows 2/2 sashes excepting bay to right ground-floor which are 1/1, all in plain reveals with sills. 6-panel entrance doors, fanlights with radial glazing bars, door and fanlight to No.27B renewed.

All the listed buildings in Britannia Square (qv) form a unified group, started in 1820 and planned around a large green in which the main house is placed ('Springfield', qv). Compares with similar although smaller developments in Worcester such as Lansdowne Crescent, Lark Hill, and Rainbow Hill Terrace (qqv). (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Worcestershire: Harmondsworth: 1968-1985: 334).