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Office of Former Flour Mill West of Steam Mill Street

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

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1932 / 53°11'35"N

Longitude: -2.8808 / 2°52'50"W

OS Eastings: 341248

OS Northings: 366592

OS Grid: SJ412665

Mapcode National: GBR 7B.2W5J

Mapcode Global: WH887.QZCY

Plus Code: 9C5V54V9+7M

Entry Name: Office of Former Flour Mill West of Steam Mill Street

Listing Date: 6 November 1989

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1375939

English Heritage Legacy ID: 469918

ID on this website: 101375939

Location: Newtown, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH3

County: Cheshire West and Chester

Electoral Ward/Division: Boughton

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)

SJ4166 STEAM MILL STREET
1932-1/6/268 (West side)
06/11/89 Office of former Flour Mill west of
Steam Mill Street

GV II

Flour mill office. 1897. Stone-dressed hard red brick with
slate roof, hipped at south end; the roof has 2 parallel
ridges; flat-roofed single storey north wing of no special
interest.
EXTERIOR: the principal feature of the building is the east
front, Baroque in character, to the yard of the former
steam-powered Georgian flour mill (qv). The front is of 4 bays
with brick pilasters. Glazed door, north, in doorcase with
flush stone quoins and arched lintel carved OFFICE; moulded
brick dado; 2 shaped 6-pane windows and one of 4 panes with
upper hoppers in stone basket arches; dentil course at second
storey floor; the second storey has seven 2-pane sashes with
stone band and dentil course above; brick parapet with stone
cornice carried in semicircle above central clock in ornate
stone surround dated 1897; stone balls above pilasters and
clock-surround. The west front to Union Street is plainer with
double doors of 2 fielded panels above one flush panel, with
similar fixed wooden side panels, in south bay; plinth, sill
and lintel bands; brick pilasters; parapet and cornice;
rectangular office windows of 2, 4 and 6 panes.
INTERIOR not inspected.
Included for group value with former steam flour mill (qv) and
Milns Seed Warehouse, Canal Side (qv).

Listing NGR: SJ4124866592

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