Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4065NE CASTLE STREET
595-1/6/96 (South side)
28/07/55 Nos.15 AND 17

GV II

2 town houses, probably at first one of double plot-width.
Later C17 altered during C18. Flemish bond brown brick; grey
slate roof with 2 gables to front.
EXTERIOR: cellars, 3 storeys and attics. 6 windows to each
upper storey, probably formerly 7. Sandstone plinth, partly
rendered and painted, has a 3-light window with chamfered
mullions and a 1-light grating to No.15 and 2 altered
mullioned windows to No.17; flush quoins of painted sandstone.
Each house has 3 stone steps to a door of 4 margined panels
above 2 flush panels with 3-pane overlight in moulded case
with leaded hood. Each door has a damaged stone pilaster to
each side, the west pilaster to No.15 retaining frieze and
pyramidal cap; a vertical brick joint suggests possible former
central doorway with flush stone quoins. Flush 12-pane sashes
with gauged brick flat arches and no sills, 2 to the first
storey, 3 to the second storey and 3 to the third storey of
each house, some replaced and some covered. The third storey
has opening for a former central window, blocked in old brick
and there is more doubtful evidence of a former second storey
central window. A good moulded lead head to a cast-iron
rainwater pipe; moulded stone cornice; a 12-pane flush sash in
each front gable, that to No.15 replaced; pineapple finials at
corner and apex of each gable; 2 stone balls on valley
parapet. 2 brick chimneys on west wall; east side not visible.
The west side has 2 stair windows of 6 panes. 2 stone-coped
rear gables.
INTERIOR: cellars, not inspected in detail, have
stone-mullioned windows. The first storey has door of 6
fielded panels to front room of No.15 which has panelled
embrasures and 2 chamfered oak beams; the rear east room has 2
formerly stopped chamfered oak beams; The front room of No.17
has shuttered embrasures with benches, a corner fireplace and
2 stop-chamfered beams. Each house has a dogleg newel stair of
painted oak with panelled newels, an intermediate rail and a
moulded rectangular handrail; beams to landings. Upper rooms
have chamfered oak beams, corner flues and, to the front,
panelled embrasures with benches; most doors covered, but some
of 2 fielded panels. The attics of both houses have oak
purlins and diagonally-set ridge-trees; No.15 has a lightly
timber-framed partition.

Listing NGR: SJ4055465912

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656775

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Recommended Books

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  For the Record
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)