Plough Inn

WORCESTER

SO8454NE FISH STREET 620-1/16/236 No.23 08/3/74 Plough Inn

GV II

House, now inn. Early/mid C18 with later additions and alterations, including C20 attic dormers. Stuccoed and whitewashed brick with plain tile roof and 2 right end stacks. 2 storeys with attics, 4 first-floor windows with extension to rear. Chamfered plinth. Entrance at left: step to 6-panel door, the upper four panels raised and fielded, the lower panels flush beaded; fanlight; in plain eveals. Ground floor has two 4/1 horned sashes, the lower lights have etched glass. Remains of first-floor band. First floor has four 9/9 sashes in near-flush frames and with chamfered sills. Eaves band and modillion cornice. Box attic dormers with casement windows. Right return: further entrance in gable end, a 3-long-panel door. To first floor a multi-pane window. Rear has two 8/8 sashes and one 4/4 sash. INTERIOR: dog-leg staircase has 2 rod-on-vase balusters per tread with shaped and wreathed handrail; carved tread ends. Front room has raised and fielded panelling, with panelled cupboard doors with H-hinges to either side of fireplace, the cupboard to left side is larger. Shaped cornice. Occupies a site on the corner of Fish Street and Deansway and frames the view to the Cathedral (qv).