Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SE NORTHGATE STREET AND ROW
595-1/4/281 (West side)
10/01/72 No.19 Street
(Formerly Listed as:
NORTHGATE STREET
(West side)
No 19 Row)

GV II

Undercroft and shop. With some medieval masonry but almost
wholly rebuilt c1900 probably by John Douglas, then senior
partner of Douglas and Minshull. Sandstone, timber frame with
plaster panels, grey-green slate roof.
EXTERIOR: cellar and 3 storeys. The Row arcade of 3 bays is 2
steps above pavement level, with 2 rather slender Tuscan
columns of painted sandstone between antae. A plain bressumer
carries the second storey which has a moulded base-fascia,
narrow and braced panels, a central oriel of 6 lights with
moulded mullions and transoms, the end lights forming
quadrants and the 2 central lights projecting further as a
semicircular bow; there is an adjoining transomed sidelight in
each side bay. The third storey, jettied on carved brackets,
has braced panels, 2 canted oriels of 5 lights with moulded
mullions, on central brackets; 2 gables jettied above the
oriels, each with 2 ornate quatrefoil panels; moulded
bargeboards.
The rear is of brick, with no visible features of special
interest.
INTERIOR: there is medieval stonework in the rear stockroom in
the Row storey. The undercroft is not readily accessible and
has not been inspected at time of survey. There are no other
visible features of special interest.
Nos 5-31 (odd) are collectively known as `Saddler's Row' and
were previously listed as Row numbers.
(Chester Rows Research Project: Harris R: Northgate Street:
1989-).

Listing NGR: SJ4051266367

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q96278296

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Recommended Books

• 
  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings