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Dee House

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1888 / 53°11'19"N

Longitude: -2.8872 / 2°53'13"W

OS Eastings: 340816

OS Northings: 366112

OS Grid: SJ408661

Mapcode National: GBR 7B.3163

Mapcode Global: WH88F.M3CQ

Plus Code: 9C5V54Q7+G4

Entry Name: Dee House

Listing Date: 10 January 1972

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1375862

English Heritage Legacy ID: 469841

ID on this website: 101375862

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

County: Cheshire West and Chester

Electoral Ward/Division: Chester City

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



CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4066 LITTLE ST JOHN STREET
1932-1/6/184 (South side (off))
10/01/72 Dee House

GV II

Detached house, later Ursuline convent school, now offices.
Mid C18 altered mid C19. Stone-dressed brick and
blue-brick-dressed brick; slate roofs.
3 storeys. 5-window central block; projecting 4-window wing
right; left wing replaced by Gothic Revival chapel wing. Door
of 4 fielded panels in bolection case of painted stone;
overlight and ground floor windows boarded over. Windows have
moulded sills and gauged-brick flat arches with conical
keystones; rusticated quoins; first floor band; flush 12-pane
sashes; second floor band; 12-pane sashes; moulded cornice
below panelled brick parapet with corner stones and moulded
stone coping. A rainwater pipe and moulded lead head; 3 brick
chimneys. Grey slate roof.
The chapel wing c1860 has hipped right bay and main chapel bay
with front gable. Grouped lancets with blue brick relieving
arches. The chapel forms the middle storey of the wing. The
roof is banded grey and purple slates; cross-finial on apex of
hip to right bay.
INTERIOR not inspected.
Building vacant at time of survey (June 1992).


Listing NGR: SJ4081766116

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