Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4066 LITTLE ST JOHN STREET 1932-1/6/185 (South side (off)) 10/01/72 St John's Cottage and wall to front garden

GV II

Detached house. Origin probably C17 but most externally visible features early C19. Irregular bond brown brick, the east end and rear, to north, pebbledashed; grey slate roof, ridge parallel with front. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 5 windows. The front has a small 2-storey forward projection, left, with blank front and left side, a 6-pane-plus-one-pane-above transom casement to ground floor and a flush 12-pane sash to first floor on right side. The main face of the front has flush windows with minimal sills and cambered brick heads: 8-pane sash; 12-pane sash; 4-pane casement; 16-pane sash; part-glazed door in tripartite simple pedimented case; 16-pane sash to ground floor: 12-pane sash; tripartite 4;12;4-pane sash; two 12-pane sashes to first floor: 5 casements in gabled half-dormers to attic, of 2 lights; 2 lights; 3 lights; 2 lights; 3 lights. A chimney near left end, immediately before the ridge. Each end has a 12-pane sash to the first floor. The rear has a two-and-a-half-storey gabled projecting porch on the second bay from east, with a 1-storey outshut east and an outshut tapering to the main wall west. A 4-panel door with flat hood; irregular window-patterns, mostly small-pane casements; a chimney at north east corner and a flush chimney west of porch. The position and form of the porch and leans of walls suggest a timber frame concealed by the pebbledash. INTERIOR not inspected.



Listing NGR: SJ4089266086

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)