Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4166 LOWER PARK ROAD
1932-1/6/193 (North side)
10/01/72 No.7
Tavenor Tower

GV II

Villa. c1850. Rendered with hipped grey slate roof.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 4 windows to main block; recessed left
wing; pilasters to each floor of main block and between first
and second bays; tripartite window of 4-pane lights with
transoms; a 4-pane window in eared architrave; portico with
pair of Ionic columns at each corner has 4-panel door with
1-pane fanlight in pilastered case with keystone to round
arch; modillion entablature with balustrade; casement of two
4-pane lights in eared architrave. First floor stringcourse,
pargeted frieze and sillband; 4 casements of two 3-pane lights
in eared architraves; modillion cornice; 6 chimneys with
arched panels, modillion cornices and old pots. The recessed
left bay has banded rustication to the ground floor; a boarded
door; a 4-pane sash to the first floor; mansard roof with
2-pane sash in a pediment-gable dormer with dentils.
The north face to the Dee has projecting right wing with
recessed 2-pane sashes; 3 ground-floor openings, sillband, 3
first floor sashes, eaves cornice, mansard roof with 3
pedimented dormers. Slender tower with loops at attic level,
round-arched belvedere, dentil cornice, pyramidal roof. The
left wing has casement by tower, tripartite casements,
round-arched to first floor and a canted 2-storey bay window.
INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ4122366021

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656582

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)