Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SW WHITE FRIARS
595-1/3/442 (North side)
28/07/55 No.18
Bank House

GV II

Detached town house, now surgeries. Probably largely mid C18,
altered, with a little possibly medieval stonework. Brown
brick in irregular bond; grey slate roof, largely concealed.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, of 2 or more builds. The front to White
Friars has a staggered vertical joint near the centre, and
irregular fenestration. Door of 2 flush panels, 2 fielded
panels and 2 panels now glazed in a timber case with roses in
corners of frieze; a later lattice porch of wood; 3 nearly
flush horned sashes with painted stone sills just above ground
level and slightly cambered gauged brick arches west of door,
one of 12 panes and 2 now 4 panes; a sash of 16-panes east of
the door. The west part of the second storey has 3 recessed
12-pane sashes; the east part has a tall 10 x 3 pane stair
window and a flush 12-pane sash. The third storey has 2
recessed 16-pane sashes, west, and a flush 12-pane sash east.
Parapet with plain stone coping; gable chimneys. The east side
has a door now part-glazed, a replaced second storey window
and a projecting stack. The south 2m of the east face are
slightly recessed.
The north face has 3 gables; the intersections suggest that
the central gable was built first, probably the north wing of
an L-shaped house whose west wing would have coincided with
the central portion of the present west front; note the
chimney at the internal corner of the 2 suggested wings, and a
portion of probably medieval stonework near the centre of the
first storey, north. The first storey has a sandstone plinth,
an altered door in a lattice porch similar to that to front
and miscellaneous fenestration; the second storey has a flush
tripartite sash of 4;12;4 panes in east wing, a central nearly
flush 12-pane sash and a similar sash, set towards the centre,
in the west wing; the third storey has a central 16-pane flush
sash in each of the 3 gable-ends. The north face may at one
period have formed an almost symmetrical front to the house.
INTERIOR: the surgeries could not be inspected. The
south-west, now waiting room, has panelled embrasures, 6-panel
doors with carved lions-heads at corners of architraves and a
panelled plaster ceiling, formerly to more than one room. The
former kitchen, northeast, has a blocked range-opening and a
former alcove. The open-well newel stair, evidently C18, has

balustrade covered.
NOTE: c.f. the stonework in the north face of Bank House with
the sandstone portion of its garden wall to No.16 White Friars
(qv).

Listing NGR: SJ4043366113

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26657035

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Recommended Books

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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)