7-12, Victoria Place

This is a terrace of six houses located in Worcester, dating from approximately 1780 to 1820, with later additions and alterations. The houses are constructed of red-orange brick with stone sills, and have slate roofs. The left pair of houses (Nos. 7 and 8) feature a plain eaves band, while the four houses to the right (Nos. 9 to 12) have dentilled eaves and an asymmetric roofline. Chimneys are prominently placed; gable-end stacks face the front on Nos. 7 and 8, while Nos. 9 to 12 have two party-wall ridge stacks, all with oversailing details and decorative pots.

The terrace has a rectangular plan, with the left-hand pair projecting forward. Each house is one room wide and extends double-depth.

The east-facing elevation shows the left pair (Nos. 7 and 8) as three-storey. The first floor has six-over-six windows, and the second floor has three-over-three windows, all set in near-flush frames with sills, and topped with segmental arches over the ground and first-floor openings. There are stone steps leading to renewed six-panel doors with plain fanlights, set within semi-circular brick arches. The right side of the terrace (Nos. 9 to 12) is two-storey and has a four-window arrangement (2:2:2:2) of paired three-pane casement windows in plain reveals with brick sills. Ground-floor windows are six-over-six sashes in near-flush frames, also with segmental arches and brick sills. Brick steps lead to replacement six-panel doors. Later, single-storey brick-and-slate bin stores were added in the late 20th century. The left return has renewed brickwork, indicating an original extension further south, while the right return is stuccoed.

The west-facing elevation of the houses (Nos. 9 to 12) is three-storey with five first-floor windows, eight-over-eight in near-flush frames, sills and segmental arches. A central window is blind. The ground floor has four similar eight-over-eight windows. The second floor has four-over-four windows, except for the blind window in the centre. Renewed six-panel doors are situated at the left, centre (two adjacent), and right, each with a segmental arch above. The elevation of the right pair of houses (Nos. 8 and 7) mirrors the east facade.

The interior has not been inspected. The design is similar to that of Nos. 13-19 Victoria Place.