14 And 16, Barbourne Road

WORCESTER

SO8455NE BARBOURNE ROAD 620-1/8/29 (East side) 22/5/54 Nos.14 AND 16 (Formerly Listed as: BARBOURNE ROAD (East side) Nos.12 AND 14) (Formerly Listed as: BARBOURNE ROAD (East side) No.16 (Paradise Row))

GV II

2 houses, now flats, part of terrace. c1770 with later additions and alterations. Red brick with plain clay tile roof. End and party-wall stacks to rear roof slope have oversailing details and string course in blue and yellow bricks; pots. Lead roof and sides to box dormers. Painted stone sills and keystones to window openings. Simple rendered plinth. Timber doorcase. Double-depth plan with central entrance and hallway. Symmetrical facade. 2-storeys with cellars and attics. 5 first-floor windows. Dentilled eaves. All sashes are horned1/1 with flush, exposed boxes; flat gauged brick arches with projecting capped, moulded keystones; sills have projecting moulded top face. 3 full-dormers have horned 2/2 sashes. Plain doorcase with fluted console brackets and open pediment; left-hand house has 8-panel door, all raised and fielded; right-hand house has 6-panel door; both have radial pattern fanlights. A similar design to No.12 (qv) Barbourne Road. INTERIOR: not inspected. Note: No.16 listed 5/4/71. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Worcestershire: Harmondsworth: 1968-1985: 334).