THE BEECHES
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1287228
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jan-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 18-Jul-1986
- Statutory Address:
- THE BEECHES, 224, CHESTER ROAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE BEECHES, 224, CHESTER ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Hartford
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 64001 72645
Details
HARTFORD C.P. CHESTER ROAD
SJ 67 SW (North side)
4/35
No.224 (The Beeches) and
no.226 (Hartford Beach)
3/1/1967
- II*
Formerly villa, now 2 houses: 1802 but remodelled 1814-24 by and for
Thomas Marshall, salt baron (Pevsner and Hubbard): Small C20
extension. Stuccoed brick, low hipped Welsh slate roof, plastered
chimneys. Gothick detailed classical house. 2-storey, originally
symmetrical 5-bay north front. End bays of the original house are
2-storey canted bays with broad small-pane sashes with Gothick glazing
bars. The windows are divided by colonnette clusters and have a label
mould. Below the ground storey and above the top storey are cusped
plaster panels. Centre is formed by projecting porch of 3 ogee arches
with plaster detailing in the spandrels. Behind is a cross-vaulted
roof and 2 Gothick sashes and a 5 panelled decorated door. The porch
carries a simple iron balustrade and there are 2 Gothick sashes above
with hood moulds. Small extensions to right and rear.
Interior: The interior is richly detailed with Gothick motifs
throughout with the exception of the later fireplaces. The mahogany
doors are particularly fine.
No.224: entrance in square hall with stone flagged floor. The walls
have crocketted niches which are blocked to the side walls by late C19
pastoral oil paintings by J.Machin. Coved ceiling has tracery picked
out with gilding. Main room to left has panelled ceiling of geometric
patterns and cusped detailing. Behind hall is stairwell with open
string staircase with alternate plain and cusped panel iron
balusters. Rich ceiling and ogee plaster hoods to the doors upstairs.
No.226: Retains most of its detailing. Main room on garden front has
particularly fine doorcase with an ogee hood on colonnettes. Also
surviving is an originally outside door which divides two-thirds,
one-third with Gothick detailing and furniture.
Listing NGR: SJ6400172645
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 402982
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Hubbard, E, The Buildings of England: Cheshire, (1971)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
