14 And 15, The Tything

WORCESTER

SO8455NE THE TYTHING 620-1/8/621 (East side) 22/05/54 Nos.14 AND 15

GV II

2 terraced houses, now offices. c1770 refronting of earlier property with later additions and alterations. Painted stucco over brick. Plain clay tile roof with hip to right, partially concealed behind coped parapet. Rebuilt brick stacks with oversailing detail and pots to rear left and to right. Timber doorcases. PLAN: Narrow burgage plot with principal axis at right-angles to road. 3 storeys and attics. 5 (2:3) first-floor windows. Stucco detailing includes sills and plinth. 1/1 and 2/2 sashes to left house; 6/6 sashes to right-hand house except ground-floor which are 8/8; all with near-flush frames. Entrances to right and left with coupled Tuscan-style pilaster doorcases; 6-panel doors, upper panels raised and fielded, lower flush-triple-beaded; radial pattern fanlights. Box dormers, 3-light casement to left, 2-light to right. INTERIOR: not inspected.