Description

SJ3965
1932-1/7/177

CHESTER CITY (EM)
HOUGH GREEN
(North side)

Nos.8 AND 10

II

GV

Pair of suburban houses. 1850s. Flemish bond brown brick with
cream headers and white-painted dressings, probably of stone;
hipped grey slate roofs. Italianate. 2 storeys. H-shaped with
5-arched loggia (having chamfered piers, moulded architraves
to round arches and ornate keystones) between the projecting
end bays. Part-glazed front doors behind outer archways of
loggia; windows have moulded cases. Paired arched 2-pane
sashes behind central archway of loggia; single-storey canted
bay window of 2:4:2 panes to each wing. Moulded first-floor
string; low parapet to balcony above loggia; paired
round-arched sashes of 2 panes to first floor of each wing and
at centre; rectangular sashes above doors. Boldly-projecting
eaves-cornice with 1-course parapet. Each end has a
round-arched sash to first floor. Brick chimneys with moulded
stone caps and cream pots, probably original. The rear and the
INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ 39941 65136

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656567

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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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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)