Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4066 FOREGATE STREET
1932-1/6/115 (North side)
10/01/72 No.75

GV II

Small town house, now shop and vacant accommodation. C17
heavily restored late C19. Timber frame with plaster panels,
brick to rear; red clay tile roof.
2 storeys; 2 bays. Arcade to street has C20 end pier left; 2
square posts on sandstone bases; replaced exposed joists over
arcade; dragon beam left. C20 shop front; C17 beams and joists
over rear entry, left. Ornate brackets and bressumer to first
floor jetty; small framing with herringbone struts to all
panels. 5-light leaded casement with moulded mullions and
Ionic side-pilasters. Jettied gable on 2 consoles has 4 panels
decorated with fleurs-de-lys; curved braces; herringbone
braces to apex; wrought-iron sign bracket; bargeboards and
finial. The right side has herringbone braced small framing
and a 2-light leaded casement. The rear is of probably C18
brick; a small-pane 3-light casement, inside face blocked; a
rebuilt brick chimney. The projecting rear wing left of entry,
of C18 brickwork has altered fenestration and rebuilt gable
end.
INTERIOR: little is visible; a Georgian door and a blocked
corner fireplace upstairs.

Listing NGR: SJ4092966416

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656540

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)