Description

SJ 4476 & 4576
8/57 & 9/57
21.2.83

ELLESMERE PORT & NESTON
THE SQUARE

Nos 7, 8 & 9

II

GV
Early C19. Late Georgian terrace of 3 cottages originally with symmetrical
4-window front. Central (2-window) cottage altered late C19 to form village
shop and post office. Brown brick; Flemish bond to front. Graded grey Welsh
slate roof; flush verges to sides and rear, flush softwood fascia and barge-
boards to central gable and wings at front. 2 chimneys. Blocked circular
opening in central gable. No 8 retains Georgian sashes front and side. No 9
retains one 12-pane Georgian sash (ground floor) and has small, square 5-light
bay formerly used as shop window. Doors replaced. Upper windows to No 9 and
all windows to No 10 replaced with modern casements in altered openings.
Modern rear extension to No 10. These cottages form part of the late Georgian
formal layout around The Square which marks Edmund Yates's attempt to develop
Ince as a ferry head on the Mersey estuary for passengers and goods to
Liverpool. They are included for group value.

Listing NGR: SJ 44997 76453

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26620464

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Recommended Books

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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)