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Latitude: 53.1747 / 53°10'28"N
Longitude: -2.8846 / 2°53'4"W
OS Eastings: 340971
OS Northings: 364540
OS Grid: SJ409645
Mapcode National: GBR 7B.41T7
Mapcode Global: WH88F.NGLK
Plus Code: 9C5V54F8+V5
Entry Name: Greenbank
Listing Date: 28 July 1955
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1375776
English Heritage Legacy ID: 469755
Also known as: Greenbank, Chester
ID on this website: 101375776
Location: Handbridge, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH4
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward/Division: Handbridge Park
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Chester
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Chester St Mary without the Walls
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: English country house
CHESTER CITY (EM)
SJ46SW EATON ROAD
1932-1/4/82 (East side)
28/07/55 Greenbank
GV II
Country house, now catering college. c1820, altered 1923 by
Sir Charles Reilly for Peter Jones and converted to
non-residential college c1980 by Cheshire County Architect's
Department. Stucco, flat-roofed.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 7 bays, almost symmetrical. Plinth;
projecting portico with 2 square piers, unorthodox capitals;
architrave, frieze, cornice and top-hamper. The central block
has parallel-sided giant pilasters on broader projections at
both ends. Replaced door of 6 fielded panels with 4-pane
sidelights and basket-arched fanlight; recessed panel beneath
a 12-pane recessed sash to each side of portico; 2 similar
sashes to recessed left wing, lower than central block; right
wing has one sash then 2-storey cylindrical bay window with 3
sashes. Double first-floor sillband; 3 recessed 12-pane sashes
to first floor, with recessed panels above; entablature with
dentil cornice, raised above portico; the left wing has 2
sashes, the right wing one sash in main front, then one of 12
panes, one of 15 panes and one of 12 panes in the round bay;
simpler cornices to the wings.
The raised sandstone pavement to right end and rear was the
base for a wrought-iron verandah, removed c1980. Detailing
similar to front, but with some windows altered.
INTERIOR: altered: stair replaced; some 6-panel doors; 2 main
rooms to rear have plaster wall panelling and moulded
ceilings.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Hubbard E: Cheshire:
Harmondsworth: 1971-: 175).
Listing NGR: SJ4097164540
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