Whiteladies House At Worcester Grammar School

Whiteladies House, now part of Worcester Royal Grammar School, is a house dating from around 1720, with later additions and alterations. It incorporates remnants of the 13th-century chapel of the Cistercian Nunnery of Whiteladies, which once occupied the site. The building is constructed of red brick and features a plain clay tile roof. There are stacks on the rear roof slope with oversailing detail and pots. The stone sills and doorcase add to its architectural character.

The house has an early 18th-century stairhall plan and a mid-20th-century extension at the rear. It stands two storeys tall and has eleven first-floor windows. The brick detailing includes a plinth, bands above the ground and first-floor windows, dentilled eaves, and contrasting headers above the segmental arches of the window openings. Most of the sashes are 4/4, except for one window to the left and two windows to the right of the entrance, which are 6/6 and have higher sills. The entrance, located off-centre to the right, features a six-panel door with a late 18th-century radial pattern traceried fanlight and an Ionic-style doorcase with an open pediment. The roof is adorned with seven gabled dormers, each fitted with side-hung casements of three panes.

Inside, the building retains several early features, including a red and black tiled floor in the hall, a staircase with a heavy section handrail and slender turned balusters, some two-panel doors, and exposed beams. Additionally, there is early 17th-century reset panelling in the rear first-floor room.