Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SW STANLEY STREET
595-1/3/374 (West side)
28/07/55 No.1

GV II

Town house, now offices. c1780. Flemish bond brown brick; grey
slate roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys plus attic in roof; cellar. Rusticated
stone quoins at corner with Watergate Street; plain stone
plinth. The face to Stanley Street has 2 replaced steps to
replaced double doors with plain overlight in a doorcase with
cornice; a replaced 4-pane sash north of door; a stair window
of 12 panes to each of first and second half-landings; south
of stair windows these are two 4-pane sashes to second storey,
two 6-pane sashes to third storey and a blocked Diocletian
window formerly of 4;6;4 panes in a broad attic gable with a
moulded cornice. A flush rear wing with a 2-storey extension
has a 12-pane sash and a dual 4-pane sash to the second
storey; the sashes have painted stone sills and rusticated
wedge lintels with false keystones; the Diocletian window has
painted stone mullion and surround with a keystone. The face
to Watergate Street has two 12-pane sashes to first and second
storeys, two 6-pane sashes to third storey, a coved cornice
returned at both ends and 2 west gable chimneys.
The rear of the main block has altered first storey, replaced
4-pane flush sash to the second storey and a replaced flush
casement to the third storey. The west face of the rear wing
includes a 12-pane flush sash to the second storey and one of
6 panes to the third storey under cambered brick heads; the
gable end has a replaced door and, to the loft, a louvred
vent.
INTERIOR: the cellar has stone steps and a brick
barrel-vaulted rear room. The first storey has most features
renewed; some plaster cornices. Dogleg stair of 4 flights has
open string, shaped brackets, some damaged, stick balusters
and a swept rail; the treads and risers are covered. The
second storey front room has large horizontal panels below
dado, panelled embrasures with shutters and a plaster cornice.
The third storey front room has panels beneath windows. Doors
of 5 panels, but most are covered.

Listing NGR: SJ4019466213

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656986

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