Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4066 VICARS LANE 1932-1/6/285 (North side) 10/01/72 No.1 St John's Rectory, with front garden wall and railings (Formerly Listed as: VICAR'S LANE No.1 St John's Vicarage)

GV II

Parsonage house. 1892. Probably by TM Lockwood at expense of the first Duke of Westminster. Stone-dressed brick with blue diapering; red-brown tile roof, double-depth. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 2 bays. Recessed wing, left, has 3 stone steps to door of 2;1;2 panels; the front has a square 2-storey bay window with Ionic corner pilasters to each storey; a 3-light mullioned and transomed ground floor window with patterned leads to upper lights, that at centre round-arched; the west bay has 2 cross-windows with leaded upper lights. Moulded first-floor band; a 4-light mullioned and transomed casement, upper lights leaded, in bay window; a 3-light mullioned window right; diapering. A shaped gable above the bay window has string-course rising above a 2-light attic window, coping with volutes and finial. The right side to Love Street has projecting stone-dressed chimney, moulded string and leaded cross-casement to first floor, diapering and 2 shaped gables. The rear has diapered upper storey, leaded cross-window to stair. The left side has pair of cross-windows to first floor, diapering and shaped gable with 3 ball finials. INTERIOR not inspected, but noted to retain most original features. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: garden wall of stone-banded brick with moulded coping curving down to panels with wrought-iron railings, between piers.

Listing NGR: SJ4097966288

External Links

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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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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2