48 And 49, The Tything

WORCESTER

SO8455NE THE TYTHING 620-1/8/642 (West side) 08/03/74 Nos.48 AND 49

GV II

2 houses, now shops, part of terrace. C17, re-fronted mid C18 with later additions and alterations. Painted brick with stone details; plain clay tile roof, that to right raised and hipped; tiles to dormer. Left-house of 2-storeys and attics, right-house 3-storeys. 5 (3:2) first-floor windows. Brick detailing includes dentilled eaves; projecting plain band below eaves to left-hand house only. Stone detailing includes incised capped keystones o right-pair of first-floor windows; sills. All windows in near-flush frames, 3 to left are 1/1 under segmental brick arches, pair to right are 6/6 under flat gauged brick arches; second-floor window is 8/8. Central dormer with 1/1 sash to left house. Timber shopfronts to ground-floor inserted c1987. INTERIOR: No. 48 retains some exposed beams and fine C17 staircase on upper floors with bulbous turned balusters, heavy section handrail and newel posts with ball finials. No. 49 not inspected