Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SW WATERGATE STREET AND ROW 595-1/3/397 (South side) 28/07/55 Nos.61 & 63 Street and Nos.71-77 (odd) Row (Formerly Listed as: WATERGATE STREET Nos 61 & 63 Street & Nos 71-77 (odd) Row)

GV II

Pair of former undercrofts and town houses now a 2-bay undercroft shop, 2 Row shops and 2 flats. One section of medieval stone undercroft walling survives, a large chimney at rear west corner of No.63 is of C16 or C17 origin, the facade is early C18 restored early 1970s when all other parts were rebuilt. The front is painted brick to street level, painted sandstone and brick to Row and rendered above; chimney and west gable to rear are of old brick. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys including street level and Row. Double half-glazed doors to street left of centre with two 6-pane 1970s windows to left; glazed door right of centre has 2 camber-arched 4-pane windows to right. Row gallery has stone piers to left and at centre and a rebuilt brick pier to right with Tuscan half-column responds; 2 Tuscan columns in each bay support the bressumer; the Row shopfronts are modern. Plain stone string above rendered bressumer. A recessed central sash to third storey has 2 near-flush sashes to each side, the sash-boxes rendered; rusticated quoins; a moulded cornice carries a rendered parapet; a key, the locksmith's sign, hangs from a wrought-iron bracket on No.73 Row. The rear west gable is brick-coped and has a paired brick string on its east side; the chimney is tapered, with terracotta weathering inserted.

Listing NGR: SJ4034866221

External Links

• Wikidata Q26657004

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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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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  Northumberland (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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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)