No 21 And Attached Boundary Wall

WORCESTER

SO8455NE BRITANNIA SQUARE 620-1/8/83 (West side) 22/5/54 No.21 and attached boundary wall

GV II

House and attached boundary wall. c1820 with later additions and alterations. Painted stucco over brick with hipped slate roof, partially renewed end stacks with brick oversailing detail and pots. Brick boundary wall. L-shaped plan with central entrance. Single-storey outshout to rear of rear wing. 2 storeys. 3 first-floor windows. Stucco detailing includes pilaster strips to ends, shallow break-forward to centre bay, fluted door surround, plain eaves band. 8/8 sashes except first-floor centre which is 6/6, all in plain reveals with sills. 6-panel entrance door with fanlight, glazing pattern based on circles. Rear retains 6/6 sashes. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: boundary wall approx. 30 metres long and 2,5 metre high brick boundary wall to south, abuts house, pedestrian opening with segmental arch, vertically boarded timber door.

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).