Site:

Anchor Works (Vulco Factory)

1154 Evesham Road, Astwood Bank

Grid Reference:    

SP 0435 6263

Description:

Spring factory. c.1840-50. Brick with slate roofs. Two storeys. Roughly L-plan. Front range is of 6 bays. Six-pane sash windows set beneath continuous moulded lintels on brackets and also with continuous sills on both floors. Lower sill interrupted by entrance in second bay. Rear range is of 8 bays and attached to the front range by a 3-bay linking block. Windows have segmental arches and are all casements. .

Significance:

A good example of a type of building that played an important role in the social and economic development of the locality and which survives in a relatively unaltered state

History:

This building........