29 and 30, Foregate Street is a Grade II listed building in the Worcester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1954. Terraced house, offices. 5 related planning applications.
29 and 30, Foregate Street
- WRENN ID
- worn-grate-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Worcester
- Constituency
- Worcester MP: Tom Collins (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1954
- Type
- Terraced house, offices
- Address
- 29 and 30, Foregate Street, WR1 1DS
- OS grid reference
- SO 848 554
- Coordinates
- 52.19704, -2.2229
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
29 and 30 Foregate Street is a pair of terraced houses that have been converted into offices. They date from the late 18th century and have undergone some later additions and alterations. The buildings are constructed of red brick with stone dressings, and part of the exterior is stuccoed. The slate roof is partially hidden behind a pediment and parapets, with a curvilinear shape on the left gable that features an integral stuccoed stack, along with additional brick stacks, all designed with oversailing detail and pots.
The buildings have a double depth plan and an almost symmetrical facade on the left, which has a shallow break-forward beneath the pediment. However, the composition is unbalanced due to the two-window range on the right. The structure consists of three storeys plus a cellar and attic. The first floor has nine windows arranged in a 2:3:2:2 pattern. Stone detailing includes coping on the parapet and pediment, an eaves cornice, sills, a plinth, a ground floor sill band, and a plain band between the ground and first floor windows. The right two-thirds of the ground floor is stuccoed to mimic ashlar. Most windows are 6/6 sashes, except for those on the second floor, which are 3/3 and 3/6, all set under flat gauged brick arches with sills. The right ground floor window is tripartite, with a configuration of 2/2:6/6:2/2. There is a lunette window in the main pediment.
The left doorcase features a Gibbs type surround with a cornice, an eight-panel door, and a four-pane overlight. The right doorcase has an open pediment supported by console brackets and a six-panel door, both of which have raised and fielded panels matching those in the reveals, along with a traceried fanlight.
It is worth noting that the building was damaged by fire in early 1996, which destroyed much of the roof and part of the second floor. When the property was reviewed in November 1996, it was undergoing repairs based on 'like-for-like' replacement.
Local climate
29 and 30, Foregate Street 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings