The Wyvern is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1952. Former hotel, shop, living accommodation. 5 related planning applications.

The Wyvern

WRENN ID
endless-cobble-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Country
England
Date first listed
22 October 1952
Type
Former hotel, shop, living accommodation
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Wyvern is a former coaching hotel, now serving as a shop and living accommodation. It dates from the 18th century and was altered in the early 19th century. The building is constructed of brown brick in irregular bond and features a grey slate roof. It has two storeys plus attics, with seven windows on the upper storey.

The lower storey has been significantly altered and includes, from left to right, a coach entry leading to the stable yard, a shop window, a replaced door beneath a semi-circular fanlight in a softwood-framed open porch, a projecting 19th-century bay in Flemish bond with a replaced window under a two-ring camber head, and a small canted bay window. The upper storey has been refenestrated in the early 19th century, with Georgian window openings reduced in size beneath original camber arches, featuring small-pane casements, splayed reveals and heads, and labels. A cornice with modillions from the 18th century runs along the top. There are three dormers with four panes each under shallow slate roofs, and a brown brick ridge chimney is located on the right side.

At the rear, the former stable yard includes a "barrel vault" canopy made of corrugated iron on a steel frame, resembling a Dutch barn. Inside, both main storeys have been much altered; the 19th-century open-well staircase features shaped newels and square balusters. The attic rooms contain three broad-board doors with shaped wrought-iron hinges.

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