Number 5 and Rear Dwelling and Attached Wall
NUMBER 5 AND REAR DWELLING AND ATTACHED WALL, 5, BRIDGE PLACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1376052
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Number 5 and Rear Dwelling and Attached Wall
- Statutory Address:
- NUMBER 5 AND REAR DWELLING AND ATTACHED WALL, 5, BRIDGE PLACE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1376052
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-1955
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 06-Aug-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Number 5 and Rear Dwelling and Attached Wall
- Statutory Address 1:
- NUMBER 5 AND REAR DWELLING AND ATTACHED WALL, 5, BRIDGE PLACE
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:
- NUMBER 5 AND REAR DWELLING AND ATTACHED WALL, 5, BRIDGE PLACE
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 40682 65861
Details
CHESTER CITY (IM)
SJ4065NE BRIDGE PLACE 595-1/6/33 (East side) 28/07/55 No.5 and rear dwelling and attached wall (Formerly Listed as: BRIDGE PLACE Nos.1-11 AND 13 (Odd))
GV II*
A substantial town house and rear dwelling, now offices and rear house. Mid C18. Flemish bond brown brick, sandstone and hipped grey slate roof, ridge at right-angle to front. EXTERIOR: basement and 4 storeys of 3 bays. Wrought-iron railing to stone-paved forecourt with 10 stone steps down to basement which has boarded door under steps and landing to main entrance. Coursed sandstone front to basement has a replaced window. Front door of 6 fielded panels, north, has a decorated radial-bar fanlight and a panelled case with fluted pilasters, Doric frieze and segmental pediment. Flush sashes with painted stone sills and rusticated wedge lintels with keystones: 2 of 12 panes to first storey; 3 of 12 panes to second storey; 3, shorter, of 12 square panes to the third storey, and 2, replaced, of 4 panes to fourth storey. Fluted rainwater head and, in part, pipe near each corner. Stone cornice and brick parapet with simple coping. The rear of the main block has flush sashes; tripartite of 4;12;4 panes to first storey, 12-pane to second storey and of 12 square panes to third storey; replaced with 4 panes to fourth storey; all have painted stone sills and keystones to segmental brick arches. A small rear wing, north, has a 4-pane flush sash and a replaced stair window with arched head; stone-capped parapets to gables. Attached to rear wing of main block a long 3-storey wing contains a separate house: the first storey has a nearly flush 12-pane sash to each side of a 6-panel door with fanlight in a pedimental case; the second and third storeys have a long round-arched stair window with a nearly flush 12-pane sash and a 4-pane attic-storey sash to each side; the rear gable-end has a 4-pane window to the first storey; a flush sash of 12 square panes and a C20 bridge to a modern door to the second storey; a cavetto stone coping to gable-parapet. The attached yard wall has curved wrought-iron spikes, east, where it is a retaining wall; a flight of 24 stone steps down to flagged passage to the main block and yard to the rear house. INTERIOR: not inspected.
Listing NGR: SJ4068265861
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 470038
- 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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