Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SE NORTHGATE STREET AND ROW
595-1/4/307 (East side)
01/01/70 Nos.12 & 14 Street and Nos.10 & 12
Row
(Formerly Listed as:
NORTHGATE STREET
(East side)
Nos.12-16 (Even))

GV II

Site of 2 medieval undercrofts and town houses, now shop and
stair to licensed premises at street level and licensed
premises at Row level. The present visible structure was
rebuilt, probably 1912-13 by RW Boden for Walker and Knight.
Timber frame with plaster panels; shingle roof.
EXTERIOR: 4 storeys plus attics; 2 structural bays. The street
level frontage is modern and of no interest; stone steps to
Row at south end; fascia at base of Row stallboard has carved
running pattern of vines; sandstone south pier; north pier
partly of stone; 2 intermediate stanchions clad in timber;
sloping stallboard to front of Row walk; timber handrail on
ornamental mild steel balusters; undistinguished timber-framed
face of licensed premises to the Row. The bressumer carries a
jetty to the third storey on paired consoles at ends and
centre with 8 intermediate brackets; 2 canted 5-light
mullioned and transomed leaded oriels in timber framing with
diagonal braces to lower panels and quadrant braces to the
upper panels. The jettied fourth storey has 2 shallow 4-light
mullioned and transomed canted leaded oriels in timber framing
with recessed central and end panels and braced panels at each
side of each oriel. A shallow coved jetty carries a pair of
front gables, each with a leaded cross-window and herringbone
bracing; plain bargeboards; the roof behind the gables has a
mansard front.
INTERIOR: The floor of the shop is approx 1m below pavement
level, with no accessible cellar beneath. The shop and the
licensed premises have no visible features of special
interest.
(Improvement Committee Minutes: Chester City Council:
16/10/1912).

Listing NGR: SJ4055266337

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656936

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Recommended Books

• 
  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
• 
  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
• 
  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House