Springfield (Alice Otley School)
SPRINGFIELD (ALICE OTLEY SCHOOL), BRITANNIA SQUARE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1063862
- Date first listed:
- 22-May-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Springfield (Alice Otley School)
- Statutory Address:
- SPRINGFIELD (ALICE OTLEY SCHOOL), BRITANNIA SQUARE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1063862
- Date first listed:
- 22-May-1954
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 27-Jun-2001
- List Entry Name:
- Springfield (Alice Otley School)
- Statutory Address 1:
- SPRINGFIELD (ALICE OTLEY SCHOOL), BRITANNIA SQUARE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- SPRINGFIELD (ALICE OTLEY SCHOOL), BRITANNIA SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Worcester (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 84598 55667
Details
WORCESTER
SO8455NE BRITANNIA SQUARE
620-1/8/109 Springfield (Alice Otley
22/5/54 School)
(Formerly Listed as:
BRITANNIA SQUARE (East
side)
No.55
(Springfield Guest House
and Peter Pan School))
GV II
Large detached villa, now school. c1820 with later additions and
alterations. Painted stucco over brick, hipped slate roof with
central well, pair of axial stucco stacks with oversailing detail
and pots. Timber doorcase. Double-depth, double-fronted plan with
central hallway. 3 storey and basement. Principal elevation faces
east and is symmetrical. 5 (2:1:2) first-floor windows. Stucco
detailing includes plinth; first-floor sill band with moulded
lower edge; pilasters at corners and further pair flanking centre
windows rise from this sill band to plain eaves band; shallow
window recess with segmental arched head to either side of
entrance. Ground-floor windows are 6/9 sashes in plain reveals
with sills, otherwise 6/6. 2 roll-edged stone steps to entrance,
paired doors, bottom panels are flush double-beaded, upper panels
margin-glazed; moulded architrave with round-arched head, petal
pattern fanlight.
INTERIOR: Retains open-well staircase with wreathed handrail,
square balusters; 6-panel doors, moulded architrave doorcases
with frieze, cornice and corner paterae in various designs
including sunflowers and anthemia; panelled shutters to splayed
reveals; skirtings, picture rails; marble fireplaces to
ground-floor; Plaster cornices with anthemion design to
modillions.
All the listed buildings in Britannia Square (qv) form a unified
group, started in 1820 and planned around a large green in which
this the main house ('Springfield') is placed. Compares with
similar although smaller developments in Worcester such as
Lansdowne Crescent, Lark Hill, and Rainbow Hill Terrace (qqv).
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 488593
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 17-Jun-2026 at 16:52:40.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.