8, Pierpoint Street

WORCESTER

SO8455SE PIERPOINT STREET 620-1/12/474 (South side) 05/04/71 No.8

GV II

House, now offices. c1830 with later additions and alterations including c1936-75 range to rear. Pinkish-brown brick in Flemish bond with slate roof, end stacks with oversailing courses and pots. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 3 first-floor windows. Central entrance, steps to 4-panel door with fanlight with radial glazing bars, beaded frieze and round-arched beaded surround. Ground and first floors have outer 8/8 sashes where original and, to first floor, a central 6/6 sash, all in plain reveals and with sills, all under flat arches of gauged brick. Second floor has outer 4/4 sashes with central 3/3 sash, all in plain reveals and with sills. Eaves band. Rear retains 8/8 and 6/6 sashes under cambered arches where original. INTERIOR: not inspected. An almost identical design to No.11 Pierpoint Street (qv). Nos 4-8 (consecutive) (qqv) and Nos 11, 12, 12A, and 13 (qqv) Pierpoint Street form a group with Nos 4 and 6 Sansome Walk (qqv).