Brown'S Restaurant

Brown's Restaurant is a former warehouse with a house at the rear, now functioning as a restaurant. The warehouse dates from around 1840, while the house is from the late 18th century. It is constructed of reddish-brown brick in Flemish bond, featuring red and purple brick arches and sills, as well as ashlar keystones, topped with a slate roof.

The main range of the building is three storeys high and has two first-floor windows. It features a central tall round-arched opening with an arch made of gauged brick on imposts and a fluted keystone above, which is now glazed. On either side of the ground and first floors are casement windows with segmental arches and keystones. Above the first floor is a continuous panel, followed by three 4/8 sash windows with cambered arches. The eaves are adorned with a moulded dentil band.

To the right, there is a range set back that has four storeys and two first-floor windows. This section has small square openings with cambered arches and purple brick sills. The entrance on the right features a plank door with a cambered arch and a low coped parapet.

The house at the rear is three storeys tall with three first-floor windows. The ground and first floors have 6/6 sash windows, all with fluted keystones. The second floor contains 3/3 sash windows with keystones, all set in near-flush frames with flat arches of gauged brick. The entrance on the right has double doors with six raised-and-fielded panels and a fanlight above, along with imposts and a keystone. The left end stack features an oversailing course.

Historically, this building is part of a group of former warehouses that includes Gascoyne House and Bond House, contributing to a significant streetscape overlooking the River Severn. Along with Merchant House on Quay Street, Worcester Bridge on Bridge Street, and St Andrew's Church Tower on Deansway, these buildings form an important visual framework for Worcester Cathedral as seen from the river.