Band House is a Grade II listed building in the Worcester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1971. A Victorian Warehouse. 1 related planning application.
Band House
- WRENN ID
- stark-pediment-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Worcester
- Constituency
- Worcester MP: Tom Collins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 1971
- Type
- Warehouse
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Band House, South Quay
- OS grid reference
- SO 847 547
- Coordinates
- 52.19091, -2.22429
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Band House is a former warehouse, now used as offices, located on a corner site along South Quay in Worcester. Built around 1870 and converted in the 1980s, the building features brownish-red brick in Flemish bond, with purple brick arches and sills, as well as painted cement sills and lintels. It has a hipped slate roof and a rear brick stack with a pot.
The exterior consists of four storeys with a combination of one and five first-floor windows. The first bay creates a splayed angle, originally serving as a loading bay with a hoisting loft, now fitted with glazing and broad sills and lintels. A ramp leads to the central entrance, which has a renewed plank door. Small oblong openings with replacement 1/1 sash windows are present throughout, all set under purple brick cambered arches and featuring purple brick sills. The eaves are stepped.
The facade facing the River Severn also has four storeys and three first-floor windows, with similar window arrangements. The interior has not been inspected.
Historically, Band House was owned by Messrs W Bond and Sons. It is an important feature of the streetscape, overlooking the River Severn and forming part of a group of former warehouses that includes Brown's Restaurant and Gascoyne House. Together with Merchant's House on Quay Street, Worcester Bridge, and St Andrew's Church Tower, these buildings contribute to the visual framework for Worcester Cathedral as seen from the river.
Local climate
Band House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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