The Boston Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party is a two-house public house, situated on a corner plot in Broad Street, Worcester. The building likely has earlier origins, but largely dates to the late 18th century. The front is brick, now painted, with painted stucco to the ground floor. The rear has a pebble-dashed finish, and the roof is tiled with ashlar copings. It forms an L-shape, with a further dwelling attached to the right return. The building is three storeys high, with two windows on the first floor facing the main street.

The first and second floors feature tripartite windows. These consist of 6/6 sashes flanked by 2/2 sashes, separated by slender Doric columns, set within plain reveals and topped with gauged brick sills and flat arches. A crowning frieze and cyma reversa moulded cornice run along the top, below a blocking course. The ground floor presents as a continuous unit along the front and return. On the left side of the front, the entrance has a renewed eight-raised-and-fielded-panel door, a blocked side-light, and an elliptical arch. To the right of the entrance is a 15-pane segmental-arched light and a curved window. Timber pilasters topped with friezes and cornices run along the front, continuing to the right return, where they are joined by three further pilasters and a renewed tripartite bow window featuring 3/6 sashes between 2/4 sashes.

The right return (main range) has a tripartite window to the first floor with a 6/6 sash between 2/2 sashes, and a 4/8 sash to the second floor, all with segmental arches and sills. A further range to the right return is two storeys high with attics, and has four windows on the first floor. The first floor windows are 8/8 sashes in plain reveals with sills; the renewed attic dormers have 3/6 sashes. The ground floor has end entrances with alike, renewed double 8-raised-and-fielded-panel doors, panelled reveals, overlights, tooled arches, and hood mouldings supported by scrolled acanthus brackets. The ground floor also includes renewed tripartite windows and a bowed window with 3/6 sashes between 2/4 sashes.

The interior of the ground floor has been altered, and no original plan remains. The rest of the interior was not inspected.

Historically, Broad Street was a commercially important area of Worcester. The building forms part of a significant group of listed buildings, including numbers 10, 11, 12, 19, 29, 32-36, 40, 41, 43-49, 51-63, 69, and 70, along with the Crown Inn and the Church of All Saints. The 1971 List notes that number 1 Angel Place was rebuilt.