Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SE LOWER BRIDGE STREET 595-1/4/232 (West side) 15/06/70 No.14

GV II

A one-bay town house, now a restaurant. Medieval origin, refronted and rebuilt from former Row level upward, probably C18. Coursed sandstone rubble; rendered brick; grey slate roof, gable to front. 4 storeys including undercroft and former Row level. The shopfront has modern small-pane part-glazed door, south, and a 1-pane window in possibly older surround with simple plinth, pilasters and fascia. One tripartite sash of 4;12;4 panes to second and third storeys; a 2-light sash formerly of 4 panes to the fourth storey; flush eaves; a lateral chimney, south. INTERIOR: the undercroft, 4 steps down, has surfaces of front bay covered and modern metal spiral stair inserted. Further back, the medieval sidewalls of coursed red sandstone rubble are exposed; 3 oak cross-beams, 2 chamfered. The second storey has some old cross-beams, probably re-positioned. Surfaces in the third and fourth storeys are covered. (Chester Rows Research Project: Grenville J: Lower Bridge Street, West: 1988-).



Listing NGR: SJ4056366038

External Links

• Wikidata Q26656908

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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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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Old House Care and Repair