Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SE LOWER BRIDGE STREET
595-1/4/232 (West side)
15/06/70 No.14

GV II

A one-bay town house, now a restaurant. Medieval origin,
refronted and rebuilt from former Row level upward, probably
C18. Coursed sandstone rubble; rendered brick; grey slate
roof, gable to front.
4 storeys including undercroft and former Row level. The
shopfront has modern small-pane part-glazed door, south, and a
1-pane window in possibly older surround with simple plinth,
pilasters and fascia. One tripartite sash of 4;12;4 panes to
second and third storeys; a 2-light sash formerly of 4 panes
to the fourth storey; flush eaves; a lateral chimney, south.
INTERIOR: the undercroft, 4 steps down, has surfaces of front
bay covered and modern metal spiral stair inserted. Further
back, the medieval sidewalls of coursed red sandstone rubble
are exposed; 3 oak cross-beams, 2 chamfered. The second storey
has some old cross-beams, probably re-positioned. Surfaces in
the third and fourth storeys are covered.
(Chester Rows Research Project: Grenville J: Lower Bridge
Street, West: 1988-).

Listing NGR: SJ4056366038

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656908

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)