11, 11A AND 13, KING STREET

Two town houses, at numbers 11, 11A, and 13 King Street, Chester, are likely from the early 18th century and have been altered since. The front is rendered, with a grey slate roof running parallel to the street. The houses have cellars and three storeys. A painted stone plinth is visible, along with rusticated quoins. Each of the original houses has a restored or replacement doorcase, featuring an eight-panel door. A carriage entrance has been inserted or altered on the west side. The first storey has three replaced nine-pane sashes. A plain band runs along the façade at the level of the second storey. The second storey has six recessed twelve-pane sashes, with exposed boxes, thick quadrant-moulded glazing bars, and clearly defined heads. A third band marks the floor above. The third storey mirrors the second in its six sash windows. A cast lead rainwater head and pipe are centrally placed. The rear elevation has replaced metal windows and lacks significant features.

The interior of number 11 has been altered. The entrance hall features six-panel doors leading to a back hall and between rooms. The back room includes two basket-arched alcoves with fluted pilasters, two stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops and moulded plaster faces, and a moulded cornice. The stair to the second storey has been covered, while the top flight to the third storey has painted turned newels, two turned balusters per step, and a deep handrail. A number of doors are six-panelled. The rear room features an 18th-century carved wooden fire surround with a shouldered architrave. Features within the adjacent west house are largely concealed. The cellars contain coursed sandstone outer walls, brick wine bins, and concreted floors.