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Latitude: 53.194 / 53°11'38"N
Longitude: -2.8944 / 2°53'39"W
OS Eastings: 340342
OS Northings: 366695
OS Grid: SJ403666
Mapcode National: GBR 79.2ZBD
Mapcode Global: WH887.HZY9
Plus Code: 9C5V54V4+H6
Entry Name: Almshouses of Hospital of St John Baptist
Listing Date: 10 January 1972
Last Amended: 23 July 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1375965
English Heritage Legacy ID: 469944
ID on this website: 101375965
Location: Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH1
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward/Division: Chester City
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Chester
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Chester St Oswald and St Thomas of Canterbury
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Almshouse
CHESTER CITY (EM)
SJ4066 UPPER NORTHGATE STREET
1932-1/6/276 (West side)
10/01/72 Almshouses of Hospital of St John
Baptist
(Formerly Listed as:
UPPER NORTHGATE STREET
Almshouses)
GV II
14 almshouses. Rebuilt 1854 by Morris and Hobson for Trustees
of Hospital of St John Baptist in place of 13 almshouses
reputedly founded by Earl Ranulph III of Chester 1181-1232.
Stone-dressed orange brick; hipped grey slate roof. U-shaped
court accessed through Bluecoat School (qv).
2 storeys with 6 almshouses in central block and 4 almshouses
each in south and north wing which project toward Bluecoat
School. Plinth. Paired 4-panel doors in Tuscan cases, each
with side and central pilasters, friezes and cornices. A
stone-cased segmental-arched sash to ground floor of each
almshouse. The first storey has a stone-cased rectangular sash
above each ground floor sash and a pair above each pair of
doors. Stone cornice; 8-course brick parapet with simple stone
coping. Symmetrically-placed ridge chimneys have original
pots.
Courtyard of blue paviours between almshouses and Bluecoat
School.
INTERIORS have been comprehensively refurbished and the rears
carefully extended, probably 1970s.
Listing NGR: SJ4034266695
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