Description

SJ4165
1932-1/8/292
21/07/95

CHESTER CITY (EM)
VICTORIA PATHWAY
(West side)

Nos.12 AND 14

II

GV

Pair of cottages. c1855. Probably by James Harrison, said to
have been for the second Marquis of Westminster. Flemish bond
brown brick with steep grey slate roofs.
2 storeys of 2 bays plus a recessed porch bay on each end;
some alterations. Plinth; 4-panel door, now part-glazed, with
fanlight in round brick arch; canted bay window with flush
sashes of 4, 8 and 4 panes with painted stone sills, frieze
and cornice to hipped slate roof with lead rolls; a similar
bay window but with glazing bars removed; glazed C20 porch
with door of 4 panes above 1 panel, 6-pane sidelights, glazed
side and roof. First floor has, in front-gabled main bays, a
16-pane recessed sash to No.14 and a horned sash with no bars
to No.12; exposed purlins; bargeboards; finials; central ridge
chimneys. The left side of No.14 has recessed 12-pane sashes
with painted stone sills and gauged brick flat arches, 3 to
ground floor and 2 to first floor. The right side is similar,
but with no glazing bars to ground floor or first floor and
12-pane recessed attic sash.
The rear has walled yards; a recessed sash, bars removed, to
No.12 and a 20-pane sash to No.14.
INTERIORS not inspected.
With Nos 2-10, 16 & 18 and 3-17 Victoria Pathway (qv), this
item comprises an unusual example of mid C19 town planning
analogous to mid C20 Radburn layouts with a footpath serving
the fronts of the cottages and vehicular streets their rear.

Listing NGR: SJ 41107 65668

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656674

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