Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066NW KING STREET
595-1/1/206 (South side)
10/01/72 Nos.11, 11A AND 13

GV II

2 town houses, now offices. Probably early C18, altered.
Rendered; grey slate roof has ridge parallel with the street.
EXTERIOR: cellars and 3 storeys. Painted plinth, probably of
stone; rusticated quoins; a heavy door of 8 fielded panels in
a restored or replaced panelled pilaster doorcase to each of
the 2 former houses; an inserted or altered carriage entrance,
west; 3 replaced small 9-pane sashes to the first storey.
Plain band at second storey floor; 6 recessed 12-pane sashes
with exposed boxes and heads and thick quadrant-moulded
glazing bars; band at third storey floor; 6 sashes similar to
those in second storey; cast lead rainwater head and pipe
centrally placed; moulded cornice.
The rear, with replaced metal windows, has no visible features
of interest.
INTERIOR: the hall to No.11 is altered; doors of 6 fielded
panels to the back hall, from front room to back room and from
back hall to back room; the back room has 2 basket-arched
alcoves with fluted pilasters, 2 beams with moulded plaster
faces and moulded cornice; the stair to the second storey has
surfaces covered; doors of 6 fielded panels to front room,
east, and rear room which has a C18 carved wood fire surround
with shouldered architrave; the top flight of the stair to the
third storey has turned newels, 2 turned balusters per step
and a deep handrail, all painted. Features in the west house
are largely covered. The cellars have coursed sandstone outer
walls, brick wine-bins and concreted floors.

Listing NGR: SJ4036466576

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656888

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)