Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066NE ABBEY SQUARE 595-1/2/14 (East side) 28/07/55 No.12 Abbey Chambers

GV II

Detached town house, now office. 1754. Built on a probably 40-year lease from the Dean and Chapter of Chester Cathedral. Flemish bond brown brick with grey slate roof. EXTERIOR: cellar and 3 storeys of 3 windows, symmetrical. 4 stone steps to late C19 door of 4 bolection panels with central reed, in panelled case with fluted pilasters, lions heads at corners, frieze with pecked-corners to panel and cornice hood. Recessed sashes with painted stone sills and gauged-brick cambered heads, 2 of 15 panes to first storey and 3 to second storey; 3 flush sashes, now of 4 panes, to the third storey. Band of one brick course oversailing 3 courses beneath brick parapet with plain stone coping. The north end has a rendered plinth and a recessed 16-pane sash in the first and second storeys. The south end has a recessed 16-pane sash to the first and second storeys and a 4-pane flush sash to the third storey. The rear wing, north, has an unequal 12-pane flush sash to the third storey. A lead rainwater pipe and head on the north end dated 1754 with initials. Coped parapets to gables. The fragment of a probably pre C18 wall of coursed rubble sandstone is attached to the rear. INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ4054566527

External Links

• Wikidata Q26656710

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Recommended Books

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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)