Town Crier Public House and Area Wall and Railings
TOWN CRIER PUBLIC HOUSE AND AREA WALL AND RAILINGS, CITY ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375752
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Town Crier Public House and Area Wall and Railings
- Statutory Address:
- TOWN CRIER PUBLIC HOUSE AND AREA WALL AND RAILINGS, CITY ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375752
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 23-Jul-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Town Crier Public House and Area Wall and Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOWN CRIER PUBLIC HOUSE AND AREA WALL AND RAILINGS, CITY ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- TOWN CRIER PUBLIC HOUSE AND AREA WALL AND RAILINGS, CITY ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 41255 66943
Details
CHESTER CITY (EM)
SJ4166 CITY ROAD 1932-1/6/52 (West side) 10/01/72 Town Crier Public House and area wall and railings (Formerly Listed as: CITY ROAD Albion Hotel)
II
Hotel, now public house. 1865. Brick and render. The almost flat roof is not visible. Italianate style. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 10 windows to Station Road, north, 3 to quadrant corner and 4 to City Road. Rusticated face to basement; segmental-headed openings with vermiculated keystones; 10-pane iron hoppers. Stone segmental-arched bridge across area to bar and lounge entrance. The ground floor has round-arched openings separated by Doric pilasters; 2-pane sashes. 2-panel double doors to bar, 4-panel folding door to lounge. No area to City Road. The former hotel, now pub, entrance has double 2-panel doors in Ionic case with green man and beasts in spandrels; ornate upper panels to pilasters, keystone and frieze. A continuous triglyph frieze and modillion cornice at first floor. The first floor has 2-pane sashes in shouldered architraves. Frieze-and-cornice parapet. The south face to lawn is brick. A verandah of 8 cast-iron basket arches with openwork spandrels. INTERIOR: no features of interest visible. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: area before the basement has brick retaining wall with spearhead railings on stone cap. The Albion Hotel was built as a humbler subsidiary to the Queen Hotel (qv), in the same ownership.
Listing NGR: SJ4125566943
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 469731
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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