Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SW STANLEY PLACE
595-1/3/370 (North side)
28/07/55 No.2
(Formerly Listed as:
STANLEY PLACE
Nos 1-9 (consec). No 10 & Nos 11-14
(consec))

GV II

Town house, now office. 1782. Flemish bond brown brick with
grey slate roof.
3 storeys. One stone step to door of 5 fielded panels, the top
panel being broad; plain overlight; doorcase with simple
pilasters and pediment with dentils and mouldings. 2 windows
to each storey, the sashes replaced by carefully detailed
metal casements in wood sub-frames as 20-pane cross-windows to
the first and second storeys and 12-pane casements to the
third storey; painted stooled stone sills and slightly
cambered painted gauged-brick heads; a simple cornice.
Rainwater head with bracket dated 1782. The rear is rebuilt.
INTERIOR: the plain brick cellar has brick walls, flat ceiling
and replaced stair; all features are removed from the first
storey; the stair is covered; the second storey has panels
beneath windows, but other features removed; newels and part
of swept handrail on plinthed stick balusters survive on upper
stair; the third storey has doors of 4 fielded panels.

Listing NGR: SJ4016866303

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656977

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  For the Record
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)