Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4066 UPPER NORTHGATE STREET
1932-1/6/272 (West side)
10/01/72 No.1
Northgate House
(Formerly Listed as:
UPPER NORTHGATE STREET
Building adjoining City Walls (part
of the Hospital of St John))

GV II

Toll cottage, house and workshop on site of former City gaol,
now house. c1800 with possibly earlier lower walling. Coursed
red sandstone, brick and render; hipped grey slate roofs.
EXTERIOR: partly one storey, partly 2 storeys, the 2-storey
block of 3 windows. The south face to the City wall has 2
doors, that to west of 6 panels, that to east of 4 fielded
panels; two C20 inserted windows between doors; square bay
west of west door. The single-storey east wing, of 2 dates,
has a 16-pane flush sash and a projecting gabled porch with 2
stone steps to 5-panel door with 2-pane sidelights and 3-pane
overlight. The first floor of the main block has 3 recessed
16-pane sashes with painted stone sills and simple lintels.
The long workshop wing, west, is partly stone-walled. The
lower, outer portion of the east wing appears to have been a
toll-cottage; its east end to Upper Northgate Street has an
almost full-width canted bay window with replaced large panes.
2 chimneys north of main block ridge; 2 blocked chimneys on
ridge of east wing. The north face to the canal has lower
walling of stone, an unequal 12-pane flush sash to lodge, a
6-pane sash and 4 replaced windows to main block. Stone plinth
with stringcourse, 5 windows with vertical bars and a stone
west gable chimney to workshop.
INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ4038666675

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656652

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)