Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4065NE DUKE STREET
595-1/6/148 (South side)
10/01/72 Nos.2 and 3 Clayton Court
(Formerly Listed as:
DUKE STREET
No.30)

GV II

Town house. c1760 altered and probably divided 1834 and
altered late C20. Stone-dressed Flemish bond brick rendered to
street, with grey slate roof, ridge parallel with front.
EXTERIOR: cellar and 3 storeys, 4 windows. Painted stone
plinth. No.2, left, has 3 repaired stone steps and panelled
case to replaced part-glazed 6-panel door in recessed porch. a
replaced 12-pane recessed horned sash. No.3 has 3 stone steps
to door of 2 short panels, 2 pairs of long panels and 2 short
panels in panelled case with architrave; a replaced slightly
recessed tripartite sash of 4;12;4 panes. Sillband to second
storey; a replaced 12-pane recessed horned sash, a blocked
sash and two replaced 12-pane recessed sashes. Sillband to
third storey; fenestration as to second storey. Lead rainwater
pipe and head; band and cornice to parapet.
The west gable-end is largely recased in brick. The south,
formerly garden, front has 3 former coach houses, now garages,
with boarded doors, segmental arches and keystones, forming a
projecting basement. The next storey has a replaced central
small-pane glazed door to balcony on basement roof in a case
with replaced architrave and consoles; a replaced 4;12;4 pane
tripartite sash with wedge lintel and keystone to each side of
door. The second main storey has a floor band, a 12-pane
central sash and two 4;12;4 pane tripartite sashes with wedge
lintels and keystones. The third storey has floorband and
windows similar to the second storey. Rusticated quoins;
moulded cornice of painted stone; brick parapet; moulded
coping.
INTERIOR: No.3 has cellar with probably stone-cut lower walls,
stone steps and brick barrel-vault. The hall has patterned
tile floor, HL hinges to front door and round arch on fluted
pilasters at rear. The west front room has surfaces covered;
the rear room has panelled dado, fire surround with panelled
overmantel and ceiling cornice. The open-well stair has turned
newel, closed string and 3 slender column-on-vase balusters
per step, 2 missing. The second storey has panelled embrasures
with benches, panelled pilasters to arch to rear. The front
room has a cornice. The large rear room has entrance alcove

with panelled basket-arch, and a similar arched alcove further
back; cornice. The stair continues to the third storey which
has a Georgian fireplace in front room; the rear room is
altered. The stair to the attic is simpler than below,
No.2 could not be inspected.
No.1 Clayton Court, 1834 (rainwater head) has been much
altered and is not included in this item.

Listing NGR: SJ4075965966

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656837

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