6, Lansdowne Crescent is a Grade II listed building in the Worcester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1971. A C19 House. 1 related planning application.

6, Lansdowne Crescent

WRENN ID
buried-tower-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Worcester
Country
England
Date first listed
5 April 1971
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

No. 6 Lansdowne Crescent is a house built between 1840 and 1868, later subdivided into six flats. The exterior is painted stucco over brick, with a hipped slate roof and wide eaves. A timber oriel window is supported by a wrought-iron balcony. A full-width verandah, originally open but later glazed, is held up by slender wrought and cast-iron frames decorated with scrolls and anthemion motifs. The building has a double-depth plan with a central hall and staircase, and extends over three storeys, including a cellar.

The stucco detailing includes fluted pilasters rising from the first-floor sill band, topped with capitals featuring a foliated scrolled shell motif. A plain eaves band and scored stucco mimic ashlar stonework. The second floor has two windows with 4/4 sashes. The first floor features an 8/8 sash on the right, and a later canted oriel window on the left with margin-glazed transom lights over a single pane, flanked by 2-pane, side-hung casements. The oriel is topped by an ornamental balcony with scrolled heart and anthemion designs. The ground floor features a 2/2 margin-glazed sash window extending to floor level, accessed by a roll-edged stone step, and an 8/8 sash window on either side, both with stone sills.

The left return is brick, with two external chimney stacks terminating at eaves level, three small 20th-century windows, and four brick steps leading to a 4-panel cellar door set within a segmental arch. The right return is painted stucco with a single small 20th-century window on each floor, and a 1/1 sash window with horns on the ground floor. The rear elevation is brick, with 3/3, 4/4, 6/6, and 8/8 sash windows set beneath flat, gauged brick arches. A single-storey, flat-roofed brick porch with 20th-century doors provides central access to the rear.

The interior retains original features including 4-panel doors, architraves, skirtings, and cornices. The dogleg staircase has stick balusters and a wreathed handrail. Historically, the house shares a similar design to No. 5 Lansdowne Crescent. Due to the site's elevation, vehicular access was originally limited to the east via Lansdowne Crescent Lane, imparting formality to what would normally be the rear elevation. No. 6, together with Nos. 1-15 and 17 & 18 Lansdowne Crescent, forms a notable group of listed buildings, comparable to other 19th-century developments in Worcester.

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