30, Britannia Square

WORCESTER

SO8455NE BRITANNIA SQUARE 620-1/8/90 (West side) 22/5/54 No.30

GV II

Villa. c1820 with later additions and alterations. Painted stucco over brick, hipped slate roof, partially renewed end stack with brick oversailing detail and pots. Central hallway, double-depth plan. 2 storeys. 3 first-floor windows. Stucco detailing includes central break forward, full-height pilaster strips to ends, plinth, crowning frieze and wide eaves. Outer 8/8 sashes, central 6/6 sash to first-floor, all in plain reveals with sills; louvered shutters. Central entrance, 6-panel door, upper panels raised and fielded, lower panels flush, fanlight with radial glazing bars, panelled reveals, Doric-style porch. INTERIOR not inspected. All the listed buildings in Britannia Square (qv) form a unified group, started in 1820 and planned round 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). Worcester such as Lansdowne Crescent, Lark Hill, and Rainbow Hill Terrace (qqv).