Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066NW ABBEY GREEN
595-1/1/2 No.2
10/01/72

GV II

Town house, now restaurant. Probably early C19. Flemish bond
brown brick with grey slate roof.
3 storeys of 4 windows built in 2 parts with central
continuous vertical joint. Painted stone plinth; 2 apron steps
of stone to door of 4 glazed panels above 2 flush panels in
case with eared architrave and replaced hood; a flush
tripartite sash with glazing bars removed, west, and 2 flush
sashes with bars removed, east of door. The second storey has
a Venetian window with 3 replaced horned sashes; a flush sash
above the door and 2 to west; the third storey has a
tripartite 2;4;2 pane sash, a small inserted casement and two
4-pane sashes. The windows have painted stone sills and gauged
brick heads; the parapet has a plain coping. The back has
miscellaneous flush sashes.
INTERIOR: not fully inspected. Appears to have most features
intact, including Georgian stair, doors, embrasures and
cornices.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the building is not shown on Weston's Map of
Chester published 1789 but is shown on John Wood's Map,
published 1833.
(Wood J: Map of Chester: Chester: 1833-).

Listing NGR: SJ4047766645

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656706

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