Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4066 THE GROVES
1932-1/6/149 (North side)
28/07/55 The Hermitage

GV II*

Probably anchorite's cell to which a friar was formally
inducted, now a cottage. 1363. Eroded vertical-sided bedrock
plinth up to 2.5m high; coursed partly snecked sandstone; grey
slate roof.
The entrance front north was porch of former St Martin's
Church (not included), re-erected here 1897-8 by TRP Royle on
a segmental-arched bridge from adjacent higher ground: the
arch has colonnette-jambs; trefoils in spandrels; triple
lancets in right side; 2-light mullioned casement right of
porch; projecting stone chimney right; the first floor has a
lancet right, a triple lancet in an inserted or renewed ashlar
panel above porch; voussoirs of a blocked arch partly behind
chimney. The east end has a replaced window in
segmental-arched opening to ground floor; a mullioned 3-light
arched window with intersecting tracery to first floor; coped
gable. The west end has a small high-level segmental-arched
window to ground floor; buttress at south-west corner; coped
gable with gabled finial. The rear, south, has some
rectangular recesses in the plinth, a central lancet to stair
and 2 lancets to first floor. All glazing is replaced. The
cottage was refurbished c1970, probably by James Brotherhood.
INTERIOR not inspected.
Building vacant at time of survey (June 1992).
(Cheshire SMR: Collens J: Chester City: 1988-: 3008/1/6;
Chester City Council and Committee: Improvement Committee
Minutes: 17.11.1897, 5.1.1898).

Listing NGR: SJ4095066064

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Anchorite's Cell, Chester at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4752753

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)