Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SW WATERGATE STREET AND ROW
595-1/3/429 (North side)
28/07/55 No.96 Street
(Formerly Listed as:
WATERGATE STREET
No.96)

GV II

Town house, now office. c1780. Flemish bond brown brick with
grey slate roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. Painted stone plinth, raised over a
replaced 1-pane cellar window; recessed porch, east, in case
with pilasters of Ionic derivation and pediment has 4 stone
steps to door of one horizontal panel above 4 fielded panels,
and overlight with Victorian stained glass; 2 recessed sashes
to first storey and 3 to each upper storey have glazing bars
removed; painted stone sills and wedge lintels; cornice; 2
west gable chimneys.
The rear has a long irregular 2-storey extension, east; the
west portion of the main block projects slightly with a bowed
face to the rear, a tripartite sash of 5;15;5 panes to the
first storey, a replaced 2-pane sash to each upper storey and,
above the junction with the rear wing, a replaced fixed light
to the upper landing.
INTERIOR: the front room of the first storey has architraves
to door and windows with roses at top corners; door of 5
fielded panels; archway to stairwell. The rear room in main
block has door of 5 fielded panels, a fireplace with short
Doric pilasters, a bowed rear wall and a cornice; the
open-string stair has a curtail step, stick balusters and a
swept handrail with wreath at base; the second storey front
room has panels beneath window and in embrasure; cornice. The
rear room in the main block has a bowed rear wall with
panelled embrasure to sash; doors of 5 fielded panels; the
stair continues to the third storey which has doors of 4
fielded panels.

Listing NGR: SJ4017566207

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26657016

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014