Brown's Restaurant
BROWN'S RESTAURANT, 24, SOUTH QUAY
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390178
- Date first listed:
- 05-Apr-1971
- List Entry Name:
- Brown's Restaurant
- Statutory Address:
- BROWN'S RESTAURANT, 24, SOUTH QUAY
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390178
- Date first listed:
- 05-Apr-1971
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 12-Jun-2001
- List Entry Name:
- Brown's Restaurant
- Statutory Address 1:
- BROWN'S RESTAURANT, 24, SOUTH QUAY
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:
- BROWN'S RESTAURANT, 24, SOUTH QUAY
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 84759 54775
Details
WORCESTER
SO8454NE SOUTH QUAY
620-1/16/541 (North East side)
05/04/71 No.24
Brown's Restaurant
(Formerly Listed as:
SOUTH QUAY
No.24)
GV II
Includes: Brown's Restaurant QUAY STREET.
Warehouse with house at rear, now restaurant. Warehouse of c1840
with late C18 house. Reddish-brown brick in Flemish bond with red
and purple brick arches and sills and ashlar keystones, slate
roof.
Main range then range set back at right (forming rear of house
which faces Quay Street).
EXTERIOR: main range: 3 storeys, 2 first-floor windows. Central
tall round-arched opening with arch of gauged brick on imposts
and with fluted keystone with plaque over, now glazed. To either
side of ground and first floors a casement window with segmental
arch and keystone. Continuous panel over first floor then three
4/8 sashes with cambered arches. Moulded dentil eaves band.
Range set back to right has 4 storeys, 2 first-floor windows. All
small, square openings with cambered arches and with purple brick
sills. Entrance at right a plank door with cambered arch. Low
coped parapet.
House at rear: 3 storeys, 3 first-floor windows. Ground and first
floors have 6/6 sashes, all with fluted keystones. Second floor
has 3/3 sashes with keystones. All in near-flush frames and with
flat arches of gauged brick. Entrance at right: double
6-raised-and-fielded-panel doors with fanlight, imposts and
keystone. Left end stack has oversailing course.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: This is one of a group of former warehouses,
together with Gascoyne House and Bond House (qqv), which form a
significant streetscape feature overlooking the River Severn;
with Merchant House, Quay Street (qv), Worcester Bridge, Bridge
Street (qv) and St Andrew's Church Tower, Deansway (qv) these
buildings form part of the visual framework for Worcester
Cathedral (qv) from the River.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 489148
- 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.
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