Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4065NE LOWER BRIDGE STREET
595-1/6/259 (East side)
10/01/72 No.53

GV II

Undercroft and humble town house, now shop and accommodation.
Medieval origin altered early C18 and C19. Timber frame,
painted brickwork and roof of grey slate, ridge at right-angle
to the front.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys of one narrow bay. Front rebuilt probably
C18, altered later, of brick. Replaced door, south, of 2-panes
above a boarded panel; C19 shop window north of door has 6
panes in a timber case with a lead-clad hood. Each upper
storey has one recessed 12-pane sash with boxes exposed, tiled
sills and cambered brick heads. Late C19 parapet to front
gable, of patterned red and yellow brick with terracotta
coping and ball finial.
The south side to St Olave Street displays phases of building.
Medieval red sandstone rubble walling remains towards rear,
and a few visible stones further west. The late medieval
posts, west of the bay, containing the westernmost window to
the first and second storey, marks the front of the former Row
walk; carpenters' marks are numbered from rear of the former
Row walk, westward in the Row and stallboard bay, eastward in
the domestic bays behind. The secondary framing in the Row and
stallboard bay is probably late C17. Irregular window-pattern
with leaded glazing. An old boarded door to the undercroft and
a similar door in an inserted recessed porch with 8 repaired
stone steps to the second storey. The flue is taken up through
a south chimney of No.51 (qv), probably when that much taller
building was constructed and the Row closed in 1700. The rear
is built against.
INTERIOR: the former undercroft, now first storey, has no
features of special interest visible. In the former Row
storey, now second storey, the front south corner post, beams
and other framing are visible. An inglenook against the north
wall at the eastern end has a stone heck, brick fireplace,
massive bressumer and plastered smoke-hood. The closed-string
stair against the north wall has turned newels with ball
finials and slender turned balusters, probably mid C18. In the
third storey the firehood and a damaged roof-truss are
visible.
(Chester Rows Research Project: Grenville J: Lower Bridge
Street, East: 1988-).

Listing NGR: SJ4062865956

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656918

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)