Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4166 DEE HILLS PARK 1932-1/6/64 No.20 10/01/72 Uffington House

GV II

Country house. 1885. By EA Ould in the Germanic manner of John Douglas with whom he had been a pupil. Stone and terracotta dressed hard red brick; red clay tile roof. EXTERIOR: Cellars, 3 storeys and roof attic. The garden front towards the river has a 2-window bay between stone-banded octagonal corner turrets. 2 replaced small-paned segmental-arched ground-floor windows. The left turret has tall window in each exposed face, glazing bars removed, the right turret a cross-window in its central face and a 1-light transomed window in each oblique face. Segmental-arched windows to first floor of central bay, giving onto a cast-iron balcony; turret windows; the second floor has a tourelle corbelled from side of right turret. The central bay has a steep hipped roof with a pair of prominent symmetrically placed shaped chimneys. The turrets and tourelle have spire roofs; belled eaves to all roofs; lead finials. The west side has a part-glazed 6-panel oak door in a lean-to and front gable porch; terracotta pilasters. Vacant and with some damage when inspected in June 1992. INTERIOR not inspected, but some features of Douglas-like character are noted.

Listing NGR: SJ4145566403

External Links

• Uffington House, Chester at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7877520

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)