Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SE NORTHGATE STREET AND ROW
595-1/4/309 (East side)
28/09/93 Nos.18 & 20 Street (Chester House)
(Formerly Listed as:
NORTHGATE STREET
Nos.18 AND 20
Chester House)

GV II

Gas showroom on site of medieval undercroft and town house.
Rebuilt 1936 for the Chester United Gas Company. Probably
steel-framed but expressed as a timber frame with plaster
panels; purple slate roof with gable to street.
3 storeys plus attic. The modern shopfront is set back in an
opening with massive end stanchions in timber cases on
stone-clad battered plinths. Arched braces to a bressumer with
a barleysugar arris-mould; rectangular small-framing to upper
storeys and attic gable. Square 8-light mullioned and
transomed leaded oriel to second storey, with carved base and
crown, on 7 shaped brackets; jetty to third storey on
consoles; bressumer carved CHESTER HOUSE; a 6-light leaded
casement stands proud of the wall above 6 slightly coved
panels; tie-beam inscribed REBUILT 1936 A.D. The attic has a
2-light leaded casement; plain bargeboards and finial of oak;
all windows have metal sub-frames.

Listing NGR: SJ4055466357

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656938

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Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas