Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066NW ABBEY GREEN 595-1/1/1 No.1 10/01/72

GV II

Includes: Nos.3 AND 4 CITY WALLS. 3 town houses, now restaurant. Probably 1780s, altered. Brown brick, partly in Flemish bond; grey slate roof. South extension 1990-91. The east face to Abbey Green has a door of 2 fielded panels above 2 flush panels with simple overlight in timber pilastered case with frieze and simple hood. Flush sashes with painted stone sills and cambered heads, some of gauged brick; 2 blank openings and a 12-pane sash to the first storey, four 12-pane sashes to the second storey and a 6-pane sash to the third storey; a rendered pediment gable to the north wing. The north face to City Walls has 2 doors and 2 casements, under repair when inspected, to the second storey and, to the third storey, 2 small-pane sashes and a small fixed light. The west side has a round-arched 22-pane stair window. INTERIOR: was in course of extensive repair when inspected. The open-string open-well stair has shaped brackets and an ornate iron balustrade. Embrasure shutters; door of 6 flush panels; arched opening to stair hall. Windows are replaced facsimile. HISTORICAL NOTE: Weston's Map of Chester published by James Hunter 1789 shows No.1 Abbey Green and Nos.3 and 4 City Walls as separate properties with, except for the later linking bay, the same ground plan as in 1989.



Listing NGR: SJ4045366678

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