24, Foregate Street

No. 24 Foregate Street is a house that has been converted into offices. It was built around 1830 and has undergone some later additions and alterations. The building is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with a stucco ground floor. It features stone architraves and a cornice, a slate roof, and truncated brick stacks at the left end and rear, topped with a pot. A cast-iron balcony adorns the front.

The house has a single depth plan with a rear stair hall and a rear range to the left. It stands three storeys high and has three first-floor windows. The stucco detailing includes horizontal rustication on the ground floor, which has two 6/1 sash windows. The entrance, located on the right, consists of a six-raised-and-fielded-panel door with an overlight and panelled reveals, including lower flush panels. The first floor features 6-pane French windows with divided overlights in plain reveals, framed by tooled architraves with cornices on console brackets. A continuous balcony with double-scrolled balusters runs along this level. The second floor has 3/6 sash windows set in tooled architraves with sills. The building is topped with a double ovolo and step moulded cornice.

On the left return, there is an end entrance with a four-panel door flanked by Doric pilasters, an entablature, and a cornice. It also has 4/4 sash windows in plain reveals with sills.

Inside, the entrance hall features a moulded cornice with acanthus modillions and fleurons, along with a frieze and ceiling rose. The openwell staircase has carved tread ends and a wreathed handrail with turned balusters. The first floor includes a marble fireplace in the front room, with a cornice that has fleurons, and four-panel doors.

Historically, during the 18th century, Foregate Street was referred to as 'the mall.' Tymbs' Worcester Guide from 1802 notes that Foregate Street was well paved and broad enough to allow for a full circulation of air, making it a popular promenade. No. 24 is part of a significant group that includes the Shire Hall, the Statue of Queen Victoria, the City Museum and Library, and several other numbered buildings on Foregate Street.