12 And 12A, College Green

WORCESTER

SO85SW COLLEGE GREEN 620-1/3/164 (West side) 22/05/54 Nos.12 AND 12A (Formerly Listed as: COLLEGE GREEN (West side) No.12)

GV II

House, now school. Late C16/early C17, with earlier origins and later additions and alterations c1844-5 for Canon Ryle Wood by Harvey Eginton, architect with Mr Fortey, builder at a cost of ,750. On site of monastic shrine keeper (or tumbary). Brick, painted with timber-framing to gable end and plain tile roof; mid C19 brick diagonal stacks, with axial and left end stacks and 2 further stacks to rear range. PLAN: 3-unit plan with through-passage to left of axial stack heating central hall chamber. Exterior: Late C18 rear right wing, with other rear extensions of mid C19. 2 storeys, partly on basement, 2 first-floor windows with ranges to west (rear) and south. Off-centre left entrance a 4-panel door in plain architrave and Doric porch. First floor has 8/8 sashes, ground floor has 2/2 sashes; a cambered-arched opening, now blocked, between windows to each floor. Right return: first floor has 6/6 sash; square panel of timber-framing in gable and 9-pane fixed light window in flush frame. Left (south) return has mainly 4- and 6-light mullion and transom windows. Rear range has 8/8 sashes. INTERIOR: clear evidence of former timber-frame in mostly concealed front range; early C19 panelled doors, cornicing and joinery and mid C19 open-well stair with 'Gothic Revival' detail to rear. All the listed buildings in College Green are part of a significant group forming the setting for Worcester Cathedral (qv) to the north side. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner: N: Worcestershire: Harmondsworth: 1968-1985: 316; Knowles J: College Green: Worcester. 1800-1900.: Worcester: 1995-: 23; RCHME: NMR: Photograph).