Greenbank
GREENBANK, EATON ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375776
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Greenbank
- Statutory Address:
- GREENBANK, EATON ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-07-03
- Reference:
- IOE01/03254/35
- Rights:
- © Mr Michael J Tuck. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375776
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Greenbank
- Statutory Address 1:
- GREENBANK, EATON 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:
- GREENBANK, EATON 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 40971 64540
Details
CHESTER CITY (EM)
SJ46SW EATON ROAD 1932-1/4/82 (East side) 28/07/55 Greenbank
GV II
Country house, now catering college. c1820, altered 1923 by Sir Charles Reilly for Peter Jones and converted to non-residential college c1980 by Cheshire County Architect's Department. Stucco, flat-roofed. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 7 bays, almost symmetrical. Plinth; projecting portico with 2 square piers, unorthodox capitals; architrave, frieze, cornice and top-hamper. The central block has parallel-sided giant pilasters on broader projections at both ends. Replaced door of 6 fielded panels with 4-pane sidelights and basket-arched fanlight; recessed panel beneath a 12-pane recessed sash to each side of portico; 2 similar sashes to recessed left wing, lower than central block; right wing has one sash then 2-storey cylindrical bay window with 3 sashes. Double first-floor sillband; 3 recessed 12-pane sashes to first floor, with recessed panels above; entablature with dentil cornice, raised above portico; the left wing has 2 sashes, the right wing one sash in main front, then one of 12 panes, one of 15 panes and one of 12 panes in the round bay; simpler cornices to the wings. The raised sandstone pavement to right end and rear was the base for a wrought-iron verandah, removed c1980. Detailing similar to front, but with some windows altered. INTERIOR: altered: stair replaced; some 6-panel doors; 2 main rooms to rear have plaster wall panelling and moulded ceilings. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Hubbard E: Cheshire: Harmondsworth: 1971-: 175).
Listing NGR: SJ4097164540
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 469755
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Hubbard, E, The Buildings of England: Cheshire, (1971), 175
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 09-Jun-2026 at 01:13:55.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.