2, Rainbow Hill Terrace is a Grade II listed building in the Worcester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1971. Terraced house.

2, Rainbow Hill Terrace

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Worcester
Constituency
Worcester MP: Tom Collins (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 April 1971
Type
Terraced house
Address
2, Rainbow Hill Terrace, WR3 8NG
OS grid reference
SO 856 556
Coordinates
52.19926, -2.21168
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 2 Rainbow Hill Terrace is a terraced house built around 1830 to 1850, with later additions and alterations. The exterior features painted stucco over brick and a slate roof, with brick parapeted gables that have brick coping. The left gable is curvilinear and includes a stack with a cornice and pots, along with wide eaves. The house has a double-depth plan with a hall to the right.

The building is two storeys high with a basement and has three first-floor windows. Stucco detailing includes a full-width plain band above the ground-floor windows, an eaves band with brackets to the soffit, and rectangular recessed panels between each bracket. There are corbels under the window sills, moulded architraves around the ground-floor windows, and pilasters with console brackets and a moulded cornice at the entrance. The windows are all 2/2 sashes with horns set in plain reveals with sills. The entrance features six stone steps with low flanking walls, a six-panel door with the top four panels raised and fielded with bolection moulding, and the bottom pair flush-beaded, along with matching panelled reveals and an overlight.

Inside, the house retains original features, including cornices, panelled doors, architraves, and skirtings. Historically, Nos. 1-10 Rainbow Hill Terrace form a notable group of listed buildings that compare well with other developments from this period in Worcester, such as Britannia Square, Lansdowne Crescent, and Lark Hill.

Local climate

2, Rainbow Hill Terrace 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.

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