Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SW WHITE FRIARS
595-1/3/455 (South side)
28/07/55 No.35

GV II

Town house, now office. Cellars of medieval origin; late C18,
early C19 and late C20. Brown brick, Flemish bond to front;
grey slate roof, ridge parallel with front.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 2 windows. Painted stone plinth has
boot-scraper recess; door of 2 flush panels and 4 fielded
panels and overlight with intersecting tracery in pedimented
case with fluted pilasters and shaped dentils; 2 recessed
sashes per storey with painted stone sills and wedge lintels,
of 12 panes to first and second storeys and 9 panes to third
storey; lead rainwater head and upper pipe; painted stone
cornice; 2 chimneys on east gable. The rear has a late C20 two
storey wing, with a flush sash in old part to each storey,
west.
INTERIOR: the cellar has covered floor, walls of coursed and
random rubble sandstone, some tooled, perhaps reused Roman,
and some smooth; oak joists; stone stair; door of 6 fielded
panels. The hall has a round archway with fluted pilasters and
panelled soffit; cornice. The front room has skirting,
dado-rail, sub-panels and fluted pilasters to 2 embrasures,
altered basket archway to rear room and plaster cornice. The
rear west room has skirting, cast-iron grate, basket-arched
chimney-corner alcoves and plaster cornice. The open-string
dogleg stair has narrow well, shaped brackets, bobbin newel, 2
stick balusters per step and swept rail. The second storey
front room has sub-panels and pilasters to embrasure, late C19
fireplace and plaster cornice. The back west room has a simple
wood fireplace and sub-panels and architrave to embrasure. The
third storey front east room has sub-panels and architraves to
embrasure; the rear west room has a simple fireplace,
architrave to embrasure and plaster cornice.
Doors in all storeys are replaced.

Listing NGR: SJ4041966069

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26657040

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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)