Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SW STANLEY PLACE 595-1/3/367 (South side) 28/07/55 No.9 (Formerly Listed as: STANLEY PLACE Nos 1-9 (consec), No 10 & Nos 11-14 (consec))

GV II

Town house now joined with No.11 Stanley Place (qv) as language school. 1780. Flemish bond brown brick with grey slate roof. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. Painted stone plinth; 2 stone steps, east, to door of 4 fielded panels above 2 flush panels, with a plain replaced overlight, in a pedimented doorcase. 2 recessed sashes to first storey, 3 to second storey and 3 shorter sashes to third storey, all 2-pane replacements; sills to first and third storeys and sillband to second storey of painted stone; slightly cambered painted gauged brick window-heads; parapet cornice; rainwater head and pipe, lower part removed, with bracket dated 1780; 2 west chimneys; long rear wing with no visible features of interest. INTERIOR: hall has modillion cornice, half-glazed Edwardian inner door with sidelights and overlight, a basket arch with pilaster, doors of 5 fielded panels to front and altered to rear room in main block and to rear wing; the front room has panelled embrasures with shutters and a cornice. The open-well stair has curtail step, open string with shaped brackets, plinthed stick balusters, tapered newels and swept handrail; a round-arched window to the second half-landing. The second storey front room has a 5-panel door, large panels beneath dado rail and a fluted frieze to cornice; the lobby to the rear wing has a basket arch with pilasters, 3 steps to a 6 panel door with fanlight. The third storey front room has a 2-panel door and panelled embrasures. There is a door of 5 fielded panels and 4-panel doors.

Listing NGR: SJ4014266254

External Links

• Wikidata Q26656982

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)