List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: THE NINE HOUSES (OF WHICH SIX SURVIVE)
List entry Number: 1376376
Location
THE NINE HOUSES (OF WHICH SIX SURVIVE), 6-16, PARK STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Cheshire West and Chester | Unitary Authority | |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 28-Jul-1955
Date of most recent amendment: 06-Aug-1998
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 470371
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
CHESTER CITY (IM)
SJ4066SE PARK STREET
595-1/4/331 (West side)
28/07/55 Nos.6-16 (Even)
The Nine Houses (of which six
survive)
(Formerly Listed as:
PARK STREET
Nos.6-16 (Even))
GV II
Row of 6 cottages, probably formerly almshouses. c1650,
repaired and renovated 1968-9. Stone-dressed brick,
brick-nogged and plaster-panelled small framing, brick to rear
and grey slate roofs with 6 jettied front gables.
2 storeys, each cottage of one bay. One-course sandstone
plinth; oak boarded doors in stone-dressed openings with
Tudor-arched lintels; a 12-pane horizontally-sliding sash to
each cottage; an oak console at each end of each cottage
carries a chevron-banded bressumer. The framing to the second
storey has heavy bay-posts and altered small framing to
accommodate a replaced central horned 16-pane sash to each
cottage; the side-panels have a substantial intermediate rail;
the broad central panel to each cottage, formerly 2 panels,
has a light sill-rail. 4 oak brackets per cottage carry the
jettied bressumers to the small-framed gables. Replaced
bargeboards and finials. A brick chimney towards the rear of
each. The south end is of old brick, the rear is rebuilt.
INTERIORS not inspected.
Listing NGR: SJ4075266078
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National Grid Reference: SJ 40752 66078
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