Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ3966 NEW CRANE BANK
1932-1/5/201 (South side)
26/03/90 Nos.1-7 (Odd)
TS Deva (Sea Cadet Corps)

II

Warehouse, now sea cadet corps premises, a dwelling (No.7) and
3 cottages. The former warehouse, approximately 40 x 8m in
plan, 1750s or 1760s, with north end rebuilt C19 after a fire;
the cottages are somewhat later than the former warehouse.
Brown brick in irregular bond; grey slate roofs.
EXTERIOR: the former warehouse is 3 storeys with the rebuilt
north-west end slightly taller than the C18 work; the cottages
are 2-storeys. The north-east front of the warehouse has
altered first-storey openings; two 3-storey bays of loading
doors, with heavy timber lintels to the second storey and
framed and boarded double doors of original type to second
storey of south-east bay and third storey of north-west bay,
under hipped slated canopies projecting from the roof,
formerly with hoisting gear; cambered brick heads to unaltered
window and door openings; the second and third storey each has
a 3-pane fixed-light window south-east of the south-east
loading doors, 2 between the south-east and north-west loading
doors and 3 north-west of the north-west doors. The canted
north-west corner has altered single loading doors; 2 ridge
chimneys.
The north-east front of the 3 cottages have altered doors; a
boarded coal-chute between Nos 1 and 3 and a blocked opening
to No.5; Nos 1 and 3 have one window, No.5 two windows, all
12-pane horizontal-sliding sashes; a diminishing ridge chimney
of brick between Nos 1 and 3; plain rendered brick ridge
chimney to No.5.
The north-west end of the warehouse has altered openings to a
3-storey bank of former loading doors to the river.
The south-west face has miscellaneous openings, most under
cambered brick heads, altered to the first storey; the
north-east face has an added external steel stair to the
second storey, the south-west face a similar stair to second
and third storeys.
INTERIOR: the first storey of TS Deva has a brick floor, large
softwood cross-beams, joists and floorboards exposed, to the
second storey. A stair has broad-boards. The second storey has
boarded floors, cross-beams and some exposed joists and
floorboards to third storey. The third storey has 2 original
king post trusses with the struts separated from the posts and

one C19 king post truss in the rebuilt north end; there are 2
brick cross-walls through the 3 storeys. No.7 is refaced
internally with no visible features of interest. The interiors
of Nos 1, 3 and 5 could not be inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ3983266375

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656587

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Recommended Books

• 
  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)