Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ3966 SEALAND ROAD
1932-1/5/257 (South West side)
25/11/96 No.5

II

Small house, now office. c1800 with possibly mid C18 features.
Brown brick; grey slate roof.
EXTERIOR: basement and 2 storeys, the ground sloping down one
storey from front to rear; double-fronted.
Front to River Dee has replaced door in simple pilaster case;
16-pane flush sash with architrave to each side. Two 8-pane
flush sashes to first floor. Painted stone sills and brick
segmental-arched heads. The left end has a large projecting
chimney, stepped in as it rises; a 12-pane flush sash to
basement, a 1900s sash of 2 panes in projecting case to the
ground floor and a 12-pane horizontally-sliding sash to the
first floor. The left side has a small inserted recessed sash
and a flush sash, both 4-pane under segmental-arched heads.
The rear, oblique to Sealand Road, has framed-and-boarded
basement door, simple overlight under cambered head; a C19
canted bay window of 2;4;2-panes, left; a 6-pane recessed
sash, right; two 12-pane flush sashes to upper floor, which is
ground floor to front; painted stone sills; some window heads
segmental, some with brick coursing carried across. A small,
gabled outhouse, right, has a small window between two doors.
INTERIOR has C19 fireplaces, 4-panel doors, straight
closed-string stair with square newel and chinois balustrade.
Building vacant at time of survey (January 1992).

Listing NGR: SJ3963666726

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656631

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)