Nos 20 And 22 And Attached Area Railings To No 22

Nos. 20 and 22, with attached area railings to No. 22, are a pair of semi-detached houses dating from approximately 1820 to 1840, located on the north side of Albany Terrace in Worcester. The houses are constructed of painted stucco over brick, with a hipped slate roof. They have a double-depth plan with entrances in the return elevations.

Architecturally, the houses are two storeys and a basement, featuring four (2:2) first-floor windows. Stucco detailing includes sills, a plinth, corner pilasters with capitals, a simple frieze with a moulded upper edge, and recessed rectangular panels. A porch is located on the left return elevation, with stucco scored to resemble ashlar. Curved panels adorn the entrance link to the right-hand house. Ground-floor windows are 6/6 sash windows in plain reveals with sills, while the first-floor windows are also 6/6 sashes. Light wells serve the basement windows of the left-hand house. The left return elevation, facing York Place, has a central bay that projects forward, with a splayed right bay. The stucco detailing on this elevation matches the front. The central porch is Tuscan-style and partially recessed, leading to a six-panel door with raised and fielded upper panels and flush-beaded lower panels. A radial fanlight is above the door. A service range of brick and slate continues along York Place, featuring a 2/2 sash window and a four-panel door with a segmental brick arch. A boundary wall, approximately 2 metres high, with a vertically boarded door under a segmental brick arch, is attached.

The entrance to the right-hand house is through a set-back single-storey link to the adjacent house, No. 18, featuring a curvilinear coped parapet with a central ball. The door is five-panelled and flush-beaded, recessed behind an archway. A three-storey extension, with 6/6 and 3/3 sash windows, is located behind the entrance link and extends to the rear elevation.

The interior has not been inspected. Decorative cast-iron railings, in a paired heart and anthemion design, are present to the area of the right-hand house, matching those of No. 6 and No. 24-30 Albany Terrace. Nos. 20 and 22 share a similar appearance to Nos. 6-8 and Nos. 24-30 Albany Terrace. Albany Terrace is situated near Britannia Square and represents a significant Regency development in Worcester.