2, North Parade

WORCESTER

SO8454NE NORTH PARADE 620-1/16/463 (East side) 18/08/99 No.2 Formerly Listed as: NORTH PARADE (East side) No.2 Former Warehouse Building)

GV II

Hop warehouse, now flats. c1880 with later additions and alterations including conversion to flats c1976-97. Red brick in Flemish bond with gault brick bands and dressings to windows, ashlar voussoirs and returns in reddish-orange brick in English bond; slate roof. EXTERIOR: 4 storeys with attic to gable, 3 bays. Pilaster strips to ends and to either side of centre bay, with paired pilasters to fourth storey; continuous cornices at each floor, cyma moulded cornice to ground floor, then dentil cornices to first and second floors and modillion cornices to third floor; wide pediment with modillion surround. Centre bay has openings to all floors, except attic, which are part-glazed doors; hinged platforms are retained. Hoist bracket in attic set within glazed lunette with round arch of gault brick. WINDOWS: ground floor has two large semi-circular windows with multi-pane glazing to casements and round, gauged brick arches with alternate ashlar voussoirs, double chamfered sills. First floor has multi-pane casements, one pair to each outer bay, with plain lintels, plain reveals and shaped sills; tiles to aprons have foliate motif. First floor has multi-pane casements, one pair to each outer bay, with plain lintels, plain reveals and shaped sills; tiles to aprons have foliate motif. Multi-pane, round-arched casement windows to second floor with alternating voussoirs to gauged brick round arches. Third floor has 2-light multi-pane casement windows between single lights to each bay with pilasters between, those to centre visually support the attic lunette. INTERIOR: not inspected. Forms a significant streetscape feature, grouping with Worcester Bridge, Bridge Street. The most architecturally elaborate warehouse in Worcester associated with this significant regional industry.