Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SE NORTHGATE STREET AND ROW
595-1/4/306 (East side)
28/07/55 No.10 Street and No.8 Row
(Formerly Listed as:
NORTHGATE STREET
No.10 Street & No.8 Row)

GV II

Site of medieval undercroft and town house, largely rebuilt as
2 shops, one at street level and one at Row level and living
accommodation, now disused. Mid C18. Flemish bond brown brick
front; parapet hides roof.
4 storeys including street and Row levels. The shop at street
level has a modern front of no interest. The Row has painted
brick end-piers, 2 intermediate painted Tuscan columns, a
simply detailed painted wood handrail on stick balusters and a
probably C19 fascia-board painted CHEESE:ESTABLISHED
1740:FACTOR. Steeply-sloped stallboard in front of Row
walkway. The Row shopfront has a rendered wall containing a
door of 4 fielded panels above 2 flush panels in a case with
reeded pilasters and a squarish window of 15 small panes. The
third storey has a central flush tripartite sash of 4:12:4
panes with painted stone sill and gauged brick head with
cambered soffit. The fourth storey has a flush 12-pane sash
with 8 panes in the lower leaf, a painted stone sill and a
cambered brick head; parapet with moulded coping.
INTERIOR: the full-length cellar has all surfaces covered and
the street-level shop has no visible features of interest. The
Row shop and upper storeys could not be inspected but probably
contain features of interest.
(Chester Rows Research Project: Harris R: Northgate Street:
1989-).

Listing NGR: SJ4054666326

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656935

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)