Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SE NEWGATE STREET 595-1/4/263 (East side) 10/01/72 No.21 The Plumbers Arms Public House

GV II

Public house. Probably late C18, altered. Roughcast with grey slate roof with ridge at right-angle to front. 3 storeys of one bay. The early C20 front to the first storey is timber-framed with patterned brick panels and window with leaded panes; leaded glazing in upper part of framed and boarded door; overlight; 4 timber pilasters with recessed panels; dentil cornice. The second and third storeys each has a central recessed 12-pane sash in a timber case, that to the third storey being shorter. Panel in face of parapet inscribed THE PLUMBERS' ARMS in recessed Roman capitals. 2 lateral chimneys, south. The Flemish bond brown brick rear has a one-storey flat-roofed extension, a replaced casement and an inserted wide metal window to the second storey; a 16-pane recessed sash with painted stone sill and wedge lintel to the third storey; flush eaves. INTERIOR: the plan of a small-roomed public house is partly retained, but with no visible features of special interest.



Listing NGR: SJ4073366206

External Links

• Wikidata Q26656926

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)