Gascoyne House (Flat Nos 1-7 Consecutive)

WORCESTER

SO8454NE SOUTH QUAY 620-1/16/543 (North side) 05/04/71 Gascoyne House (Flat Nos 1-7 consecutive) (Formerly Listed as: QUAY STREET (West side) Warehouse occupied by Messrs G Gascoyne)

GV II

Hop and seed warehouse, now flats. Mid C19 with later alterations including c1980s conversion to flats. Pinkish-red brick with yellow and purple brick plinth all in English Bond, cement lintels and sills, and with slate roof. EXTERIOR: 4 storeys, 10 first-floor windows. 2 hoisting lofts on river side. All windows are renewed and loading bays are now glazed. Stepped cornice and wide eaves. Return to Hood Street has 6 first-floor windows; the angle is curved on plan. Rear: central wide, cambered arch originally allowing access through building. INTERIOR: renewed, not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: Occupying a corner site, this is a significant streetscape feature overlooking the River Severn, forming a group of former warehouses with Brown's Restaurant and Bond House, South Quay (qqv); and together with Merchant's House, Quay Street (qv), Worcester Bridge, Bridge Street (qv) and St Andrew's Church Tower, Deansway (qv), these buildings form part of the visual framework of Worcester Cathedral (qv) from the River.