Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4166 THE GROVES
1932-1/6/151 (North side)
10/01/72 Nos.12 AND 13

GV II

Pair of town houses expressed as one house. c1800. Flemish
bond red brick; grey slate roof.
3 storeys; 5 windows. 4-panel door with simple overlight in
Roman Doric case of painted stone. 3-storey brick bow to each
side of entrance with 2 recessed sashes per floor in each
storey, of 12 panes to ground and first floors and 6-panes to
second floor; a 12-pane recessed sash to first floor above the
entrance, and a 6-pane sash to second floor; first-floor
sillband; painted stone sills to second-floor windows; wedge
lintels to ground and first-floor windows; frieze and eaves
cornice immediately above second floor windows; roofs curving
forward above bows; the main roof is hipped; 2
symmetrically-placed brick chimneys. A Roman Doric pilaster
porch on right side, in front of a narrow yard, to No.13 looks
like an afterthought, though consistent in character.
INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ4104166075

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656640

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas