24, Friar Street

WORCESTER

SO8554NW FRIAR STREET 620-1/17/288 (West side) 05/04/71 No.24

GV II

House, now shop. Probably early C18 with later additions and alterations including restorations and shop front c1990, on the site of an earlier building. Reddish-orange brick in Flemish bond with gauged red brick arches and ashlar copings and sills; concealed roof, tall brick right end stack, partly rebuilt, with oversailing course and pots. 3 storeys, 1 first-floor window. First and second floors each have one 4/8 flush sash under flat arch of gauged brick and renewed sills. Low coped parapet. Ground floor has Victorian style glazed shop front with part-glazed door. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: Friar Street originated as a rear access lane for buildings in the High Street until the foundation of the Franciscan Friary in 1235. The first Friary buildings occupied the stretch between Nos 11-25. The south end of the street was developed first, with plots dating from the mid C14, plots at the north end date frm the early C15. Many of the existing houses date from the Reformation, the Friary having been suppressed in 1539 and its property sold by the Crown to the Corporation of Worcester which demolished much for building materials. Building continued from c1540 onwards, modifications were made to houses during the C17 whilst several older houses were rebuilt in the C18. The street was inhabited mainly by tradesmen: weavers, clothiers, brewers and innkeepers. City of Worcester Award for restoration, 1993. (Hughes P and Molyneux N: Friar Street: 1984-: 31).