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St Johns Rectory, with Front Garden Wall and Railings

A Grade II Listed Building in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1904 / 53°11'25"N

Longitude: -2.8848 / 2°53'5"W

OS Eastings: 340979

OS Northings: 366288

OS Grid: SJ409662

Mapcode National: GBR 7B.31R3

Mapcode Global: WH88F.N2HH

Plus Code: 9C5V54R8+53

Entry Name: St Johns Rectory, with Front Garden Wall and Railings

Listing Date: 10 January 1972

Last Amended: 23 July 1998

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1375970

English Heritage Legacy ID: 469949

Also known as: 1 Vicar's Lane

ID on this website: 101375970

Location: Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH1

County: Cheshire West and Chester

Electoral Ward/Division: Chester City

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Chester

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire

Church of England Parish: Chester St John the Baptist

Church of England Diocese: Chester

Tagged with: Clergy house

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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

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