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158, Foregate Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.192 / 53°11'31"N

Longitude: -2.8811 / 2°52'51"W

OS Eastings: 341228

OS Northings: 366468

OS Grid: SJ412664

Mapcode National: GBR 7B.2W3B

Mapcode Global: WH88F.Q177

Plus Code: 9C5V54R9+RH

Entry Name: 158, Foregate Street

Listing Date: 28 July 1955

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1375815

English Heritage Legacy ID: 469794

ID on this website: 101375815

Location: Newtown, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH1

County: Cheshire West and Chester

Electoral Ward/Division: Boughton

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Chester

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire

Church of England Parish: Chester St John the Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Chester

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 15/09/2017

SJ4166
1932-1/6/111

CHESTER CITY (EM)
FOREGATE STREET (South side)
No. 158

(Formerly listed as Nos.156 and 158)

28/07/55

GV
II
Town house. Mid C18. The left bay and east side to Dee Lane rebuilt or refurbished 1907 by WT Lockwood. Brick, stone dressings, grey slate roof.

EXTERIOR: the left bay has painted plinth, rusticated quoins, two flush 12-pane sashes to ground floor; the right bay has front door of two flush panels and two simple panels with overlight of a central pane and six margin panes in panelled Doric case with unfluted half-pillars and curved pediment with unmoulded frieze, dentils and egg-and-dart cornice; the sash left of door has eared architrave; a 12-pane flush sash and a two-panel secondary door with moulded hood; rusticated quoins at right corner. Each bay has two flush 12-pane sashes to first floor. All sashes have painted stone sills and rusticated wedge lintels with projecting stone keys; the right bay has moulded stone coping. The left bay has moulded terracotta coping to half-round gable with cartouche dated 1907 and three ball finials. The east face to Dee Lane has six flush 12-pane sashes to ground floor and four to first floor. A ridge chimney and a lateral chimney on rear bay to Dee Lane. No visible features of special interest to rear.

INTERIOR: not inspected

Building vacant at time of survey (April 1992).

(Chester City Council and Committee: Improvement Committee Minutes: 18.7.06 and 3.07.07).


Listing NGR: SJ4122866468

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