Description

SJ4165
1932-1/8/289
10/01/72

CHESTER CITY (EM)
VICTORIA CRESCENT
(North side)

Nos.1 AND 3
Trafford House

II

GV

Pair of Italianate villas. c1850. Rendered stone-dressed brick
with hipped grey slate roofs. Converted to flats, with some
alterations, mid C20.
EXTERIOR: basement facing Dee, north, 2 storeys and attic; 4
bays plus added short bay, right. Plinth; openings
round-arched to ground floor, rectangular to first floor, in
Classical cases. Porches inset in corners have incised
parallel-sided pilasters with key-pattern at their heads; the
side-arch to No.3, right, is masked by later wing. 2
tripartite sashes, now of 2 panes, with pilasters. First-floor
band, lower arris moulded; four 8-pane cross-casements to
first floor; frieze and broad corniced boxed eaves on exposed
joists. 4 gabled roof-dormers, those to No.1 with oval
casements and Classical surrounds, those to No.3 replaced,
rectangular. A longitudinal central chimney of 10 flues with
old pots; a rear central chimney and a right lateral chimney.
The garden-face to the Dee has a 2-bay central portion between
end-bays with pediment gables. The end-bays have 2-storey
canted bay windows to basement and ground floor, a 3-pane
casement to each face below and a tall sash to each face
above; the central portion has 2 triple casements to the
basement, 2 triple tall windows giving onto a balcony with
simple iron railing; the first floor has four 8-pane
cross-casements. The attic has round-arched gable windows and
2 roof dormers.
INTERIOR not inspected.
This item and other houses in Lower Park Road, Queen's Park
Road, St John's Road and Victoria Pathway form part of the
Queen's Park suburb planned by James Harrison 1851, with
villas probably designed by him.

Listing NGR: SJ 41056 65961

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656668

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