26, College Street

WORCESTER

SO8554NW COLLEGE STREET 620-1/17/183 (West side) 05/04/71 No.26

GV II

House, now shop. c1808-32 with later additions and alterations including shop front Late C19. Pinkish-red brick in Flemish bond, painted to ground floor, with flat arches of red gauged brick; renewed stone sills; plain tile roof and right end brick stack. 3 storeys, 3 first-floor windows. First floor has renewed 1/1 sashes, second floor has 8/8 flush sashes, all with renewed sills and lat arches. Ground floor has renewed flush plate-glass window with sill and flat arch; entrance at left a board door in renewed doorcase retaining open pediment; off-centre right entrance incorporated into shop front, plate-glass door with overlight, glazed window on apron, canted in towards door, fascia, end pilasters with moulded corbels and cornice. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: apparently not shown on Young's Map c1808 but shown on Clements's Map of 1832. Nos. 26-30 (cons) College Street (qv) form a good group and provide a visual approach to the Cathedral of Christ and St Mary (qv). (Young G: Map of Worcester: London: 1808-; Clements J: A Plan of the City and Environs of Worcester: Worcester: 1832-).