Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4165 QUEEN'S PARK ROAD
1932-1/8/233 (South side)
No.2
Manor House

GV II

Detached suburban house. 1852. Flemish bond brown brick with
steep gabled grey slate roofs. Tudor Revival style.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys plus attics; 3 windows, the left bay
projecting with front gable. 3 steps to door of 2 tall panels
in stone case with plinths, segmental arch to 1-pane overlight
and coping in gabled brick porch with stone flush quoins and
coping; a recessed 12-pane sash in projecting stone case with
hipped stone roof, left; 3 stone steps to canted bay window,
right, with stone plinth, pair of French windows with 3-pane
sidelights and margin-paned overlight, with iron railing to
balcony above; 2 Tudor-arched lights in right face of porch.
Painted stone sills and gauged brick arches to 3 recessed
12-pane sashes to first floor. A recessed 12-pane sash to
attic in gable of left bay and in a gabled dormer, right.
Projecting square-arris quoins to corners; stone kneelers,
copings and finials to gables. The sides are expressed
similarly to the front.
INTERIOR: intact, with a pleasing open-well open-string stair,
4-panel doors, some fireplaces, ceiling cornices.
This item appears to be part of a planned development which
included the cottages in Victoria Pathway, partly to its rear.
The Manor House and the first two blocks of cottages are shown
on John M'Gahey's pictorial plan of Chester published c1855.
(M'Gahey J: Pictorial Map of Chester: Chester: 1855-).

Listing NGR: SJ4106465736

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656615

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Recommended Books

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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)