Description

SJ4066SW
595-1/3/452
10/01/72

CHESTER CITY (IM)
WHITE FRIARS
(South side)

Nos.19 AND 21

II

GV

2 town houses, now offices. Early C19 on cellars of medieval
origin. Sandstone; brown brick above ground floor level, in
Flemish bond to front; parapet hides roof.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 4 windows. Rendered plinth; the sashes
are recessed with painted stone sills and wedge lintels with
cambered soffits. The first storey has a door to No.19 of 2
doubly sunk panels in a plain pilastered case with hood on
moulded cornice, four 12-pane sashes and a door to No.21 of 6
fielded panels with radial bar overlight in case similar to
that of No.19. Second storey sillband and four 12-pane sashes;
4 short 6-pane sashes to the third storey; painted stone
cornice and one-course parapet; central ridge chimney.
INTERIOR: cellars to both former houses have narrow front
cross-chambers partitioned off probably early C19 in portion
of the cellars probably under the pavement; the cross-chamber
of No.21 is brick barrel-vaulted. Medieval coursed rubble
sandstone walling to the east party wall of No.19, the west
party-wall of No.21, the front wall of both cellars and an
altered cross-wall with a broad opening between the first and
second main chambers of each house. No.21 has broad sandstone
steps to a former front entrance to the cross-chamber, now
blocked. The front main chamber of No.19 has one longitudinal
oak chamfered beam; the second room has 2 such beams; the
ceiling structure to No.21 is renewed; brick floors; stone
winder stair through 180 degrees to No.19; stone stair with
corner winders to No.21.
The hall has a round archway with carved consoles; the first
storey front room of each house has C18 plaster cornice. The
stair in each house has a narrow well, shaped brackets, curved
strings and winders at the turns, steps covered, 2 stick
balusters per step and swept rail with wreath. The second
storey has door of 4 slightly bevelled panels; a simple
fireplace in a back room. The third storey retains no visible
features of special interest. Windows have sub-panels and/or
panelled shutters.

Listing NGR: SJ 40464 66077

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26657037

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House