7, Copenhagen Street

This is a two-storey house, now a shop with offices above, originally built in 1558 for Christopher Dighton. It was partly rebuilt around 1717 by Charles Green, with further alterations including refenestration around 1792 for Daniel Brookholding Curwen, and restorations in the 1980s by Wood, Kendrick and Williams. The building has a timber frame with a pinkish-red brick facade in Flemish bond, and a concealed roof. It has three first-floor windows. The first floor has three 6/6 sash windows in near-flush frames with flat arches of gauged brick. There is a three-course second-floor band and a 3-light casement window to the upper gable. The gable end is curvilinear.

The interior retains some exposed timber framing, including chamfered axial and transverse beams. The kitchen features a deep brick fireplace and bread oven with an arched bressumer beam. A closed string dogleg staircase has turned balusters from the first to the second floors, and a short stretch of splat balusters and a newel post with finial to the upper landing. The roof shows exposed, chamfered purlins and rafters with wind braces and queen struts.

Christopher Dighton initially built the house as an investment property, leasing it from the Dean and Chapter of Worcester Cathedral. It has been used as an alehouse, The Phoenix. Charles Green modernized the house around 1717 by raising ceilings, rebuilding the front facade in brick, and inserting a staircase. Later, Daniel Brookholding Curwen added three sash windows to the first floor in 1792. The building was renamed Copenhagen Street in 1802 following Nelson's visit to the city. The building won the Worcester City Award Scheme in 1986. Numbers 7 to 11 (odd) form a group.