Description

SJ4066
1932-1/6/278

CHESTER CITY (EM)
UPPER NORTHGATE STREET
(West side)

Nos.5 AND 7

II

GV

Pair of town houses, now offices. Probably late C18. Flemish
bond brown brick; grey slate roof, ridge parallel with front.
3 storeys of 4 windows. Painted stone plinth; 2 stone steps to
adjacent round-arched doorways; No.5 has door of 4 fielded
panels above 2 flush panels and radial-bar fanlight in case
with recessed fluted pillars and ornamented architrave to
round arch; No.7 has 9-panel door in archway rebuilt late C19.
Painted stone bands to ground and first floors and sills to
third floor; wedge lintels; replaced horned 2-pane sashes; 2
to each side of doors; 4 to first and second floors, almost
equally spaced. Central rainwater pipe; modillion cornice;
central ridge chimney. The rear has replaced almost flush
2-pane sashes.
INTERIORS: No.5 has 6-panel door and cornice in ground floor
and first floor front rooms; stair to first floor renewed;
dogleg stair with 7 winders in semicircle at the turn; square
newels with shaped tops; 3 stick balusters per step; swept
rail; L-shaped stair to attic; door of 2 fielded panels.
No.7 has brick barrel-vaulted cellar of 2 chambers; cornices
to ground floor; upper floors could not be inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ 40387 66749

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656655

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)