16 and 18, Albany Terrace

Two semi-detached houses, numbered 16 and 18, were built around 1820 to 1840 as part of a larger development on the north side of Britannia Square in Worcester. The houses are constructed of painted stucco over brick, with hipped slate roofs. The front roof slope features a cornice and decorative pots, while the rear has a brick stack with overhanging detail and pots. The side returns are brick, and replacement cast-iron area railings are present on the left side.

The houses are arranged with a double-depth plan, and entrances are located in the return elevations. They present two storeys and a basement, with four windows on each floor. Architectural details include stucco sills, a plinth, corner pilasters with capitals, a simple frieze with a moulded upper edge, recessed rectangular panels, and scored stucco to imitate ashlar. A curvilinear panel decoration is incorporated into the entrance link on the left side. The ground-floor windows are 6/6 sash windows in plain reveals with sills, matching those on the first floor. A contemporary metal railing provides access to the area of the left-hand house. The right-hand house has two individual light wells serving its basement windows.

A single-storey link connects the left-hand house to the adjacent property; it contains a five-panel door with flush-beaded bottom panels, raised and fielded centre and upper panels, and a radial pattern fanlight with segmental margin-glazing. The link's parapet is curved with a central ball finial. A similar link connects the right-hand house to number 14 Albany Terrace, featuring an entrance door and an extra-height radial pattern fanlight with segmental margin-glazing. Two-storey wings extend from the rear of the properties. The interiors were not inspected. Albany Terrace forms part of an important 18th-century and 19th-century development in Worcester, and numbers 16 and 18 share a similar appearance with numbers 6 to 14 and 20 to 30 Albany Terrace.