Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4065 PYECROFT STREET
1932-1/8/229 (East side)
15/08/89 No.55

GV II

Small house. c1850. Brown Flemish bond brickwork; grey slate
roof. Late Georgian style.
2 storeys. Double fronted. Plain painted plinth, probably of
sandstone. 4-panel door in round-arched opening has a fanlight
with 2 radial bars; two 16-pane recessed sashes to each storey
have painted stone sills and wedge lintels; the eaves gutter
is expressed as a simple cornice. Brick chimneys. The rear has
a 3-board door and 12-pane recessed sashes. The brick-paved
walled rear yard with coal shed has an exterior toilet with
pan boxed in wood, formerly a privy with ashpit.
INTERIOR: straight stair; the right front room, over the
cellar, has a boarded floor and simple plaster cornice; other
rooms have quarry-tile floors; 4-panel doors to principal
rooms, a broad-board door to the pantry. Small high-level
windows in internal walls give borrowed light to dark areas.

Listing NGR: SJ4073665223

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656613

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