47 And 48 (Cumberland House), Britannia Square

These are two semi-detached houses, numbers 47 and 48 Cumberland House, located on the north side of Britannia Square. Built around 1820, the houses have undergone later additions and alterations. They are constructed of painted stucco over brick, with a hipped slate roof. The ridge stacks are of rebuilt brick, featuring oversailing details and decorative pots.

The houses have a T-shaped plan. The house on the right, number 48, is double-fronted, while the house on the left is a two-window range. They are three storeys high, with a cellar, and have six first-floor windows in total. Stucco detailing includes a plain plinth, pilasters to the front corners, and a porch to the right-hand entrance. The stucco is designed to resemble ashlar stone. The second-floor windows are 3/3 sash windows; the other windows are 6/6 sashes, all set in plain reveals with sills.

Two steps lead to the entrance of number 48, which features a six-panel door. The lower panels are flush and double-beaded, while the upper panels are raised and fielded with a bolection moulding; the reveals are also panelled with four flush double-beaded panels per side. A petal-designed fanlight with slender glazing bars is above the door. A covered passage on the left side of the building has a matching six-panel door leading to the right-hand house. The entrance to the left house is located on the left return, and features a three-panel door with a margin-glazed upper panel and a radial pattern fanlight, set within a narrow reeded architrave. The left and right returns of the building have a similar window pattern to the front.

Interior features include original panelled doors and shutters, ornamental plasterwork such as cornices and ceiling centres, some fireplaces, and staircases. The staircase in the right-hand house is open-well, with a wreathed and ramped handrail, and square balusters, except for the ground floor, which has elaborate scroll-designed cast-iron balusters.

The listed buildings of Britannia Square form a unified group, initiated in 1820 and designed around a central green. They are comparable to other developments in Worcester, such as Lansdowne Crescent, Lark Hill, and Rainbow Hill Terrace.