Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4065 OVERLEIGH ROAD
1932-1/8/204 (South East side)
01/10/72 Boys' Club
(Formerly Listed as:
OVERLEIGH ROAD
Handbridge Men's Institute)

GV II

Working men's institute, now boy's club. 1895. By TM Lockwood.
For the first Duke of Westminster. Red sandstone ashlar and
stone dressed red brick; grey slate roofs.
2 storeys and attic. In the sharp corner between Overleigh
Road and Eaton Road. Ornate faces with shaped gables to north,
west and east; simpler face to yard, south. The north front
facing Handbridge centre has projecting full-height porch,
left, and canted stair-bay, right. Ionic and vernacular
detailing, much carving, stone mullioned and transomed
windows, leaded glazing, ashlar banding and the round-arched
lights which Lockwood favoured.
INTERIOR has a substantial dogleg stair, some original doors
and beamed ceilings, rather heavily detailed.

Listing NGR: SJ4072665427

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656591

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Recommended Books

• 
  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy