Trafford House
TRAFFORD HOUSE, 1 AND 3, VICTORIA CRESCENT
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375979
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Trafford House
- Statutory Address:
- TRAFFORD HOUSE, 1 AND 3, VICTORIA CRESCENT
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1375979
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Trafford House
- Statutory Address 1:
- TRAFFORD HOUSE, 1 AND 3, VICTORIA CRESCENT
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:
- TRAFFORD HOUSE, 1 AND 3, VICTORIA CRESCENT
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:
- SJ4105665961
Details
SJ4165
1932-1/8/289
10/01/72
CHESTER CITY (EM)
VICTORIA CRESCENT
(North side)
Nos.1 AND 3
Trafford House
II
GV
Pair of Italianate villas. c1850. Rendered stone-dressed brick
with hipped grey slate roofs. Converted to flats, with some
alterations, mid C20.
EXTERIOR: basement facing Dee, north, 2 storeys and attic; 4
bays plus added short bay, right. Plinth; openings
round-arched to ground floor, rectangular to first floor, in
Classical cases. Porches inset in corners have incised
parallel-sided pilasters with key-pattern at their heads; the
side-arch to No.3, right, is masked by later wing. 2
tripartite sashes, now of 2 panes, with pilasters. First-floor
band, lower arris moulded; four 8-pane cross-casements to
first floor; frieze and broad corniced boxed eaves on exposed
joists. 4 gabled roof-dormers, those to No.1 with oval
casements and Classical surrounds, those to No.3 replaced,
rectangular. A longitudinal central chimney of 10 flues with
old pots; a rear central chimney and a right lateral chimney.
The garden-face to the Dee has a 2-bay central portion between
end-bays with pediment gables. The end-bays have 2-storey
canted bay windows to basement and ground floor, a 3-pane
casement to each face below and a tall sash to each face
above; the central portion has 2 triple casements to the
basement, 2 triple tall windows giving onto a balcony with
simple iron railing; the first floor has four 8-pane
cross-casements. The attic has round-arched gable windows and
2 roof dormers.
INTERIOR not inspected.
This item and other houses in Lower Park Road, Queen's Park
Road, St John's Road and Victoria Pathway form part of the
Queen's Park suburb planned by James Harrison 1851, with
villas probably designed by him.
Listing NGR: SJ 41056 65961
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 469960
- 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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