20, Britannia Square

WORCESTER

SO8455NE BRITANNIA SQUARE 620-1/8/82 (South side) 22/5/54 No.20

GV II

House. c1820 with later additions and alterations. Painted stucco over brick; hipped slate roof; central stucco stack with brick oversailing detail and pots. Double-depth plan with entrance in right return elevation. 2-storeys. 2 first-floor windows. Stucco detailing includes full-height pilasters to ends and centre linked by plain frieze; sills; fluted architrave to entrance. 8/8 sashes in plain reveals with sills; external louvered shutters to ground floor. Left return is painted brick; right return has 6/6 sash to first-floor at right with entrance below; 6-panel door, upper panels glazed with bolection moulding, bottom pair flush with double-bead, panelled reveals are all flush-beaded; plain fanlight. 2-storey service range to rear left.

All the listed buildings in Britannia Square (qv) form a unified group, started in 1820 and planned around a large green in which the main house is placed ('Springfield', qv). Compares with similar although smaller developments in Worcester such as Lansdowne Crescent, Lark Hill, and Rainbow Hill Terrace (qqv). (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Worcestershire: Harmondsworth: 1968-1985: 334).