Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4166 BATH STREET
1932-1/6/4 (East side)
10/01/72 No.13
The Spinney

GV II

Small town house. 1903. By John Douglas. Hard red brick with
panels of grey polygonal random rubble stonework; Westmorland
green slate roof.
2 storeys; square in plan plus wing, left, joined by yard
archway to No.11 Bath Street (qv). The front has leaded
glazing in upper panels of 9-panel door in flat-arched
terracotta opening dated 1903, at inner end of left wing. The
main block has round turret left and octagonal quasi-turret,
right; a 2-light brick-mullioned leaded stair casement in
turret, a small 1-light casement in main wall and a
part-leaded 1-light casement in front and in right oblique
face of quasi-turret. The first floor is jettied on terracotta
corbels; the left wing has a 1-light leaded casement in
corbelled gabled dormer with stone apex panel; a leaded light
above doorway; casements of 2 and 1 light in turret, both
leaded; the main wall has a corbelled shaped chimney to each
side; the quasi-turret has a leaded light to front and a
2-light leaded casement in the oblique face. Hipped roofs. The
turret has steep conical roof with hipped lead lucarne and
finial; the quasi-turret has octagonal spire with lead finial.
The right side has a 3-light mullioned casement and two of 2
lights to ground floor. The first floor is stone-panelled;
casements of 2; 3; 1; 2 and 2 lights; gable with
lozenge-shaped plaster panels towards the rear. A shaped rear
chimney.
INTERIOR not inspected.
(Hubbard E: The Work of John Douglas: London: 1991-: 193-4,
273).

Listing NGR: SJ4111866387

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q96278135

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)