2, Abbey Green is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1972. Town house, restaurant. 12 related planning applications.

2, Abbey Green

WRENN ID
empty-stair-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1972
Type
Town house, restaurant
Address
2, Abbey Green, CH1 2JH
OS grid reference
SJ 404 666
Coordinates
53.19356, -2.89237
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

2 Abbey Green is a town house that has been converted into a restaurant, likely built in the early 19th century. It features Flemish bond brown brick and a grey slate roof, standing three storeys tall with four windows arranged in two parts, separated by a central vertical joint. The building has a painted stone plinth and two stone steps leading to the entrance, which has a door with four glazed panels above two flush panels, framed by an eared architrave and a replaced hood.

To the west of the door, there is a flush tripartite sash window with the glazing bars removed, while to the east, there are two flush sash windows, also with the bars removed. The second storey boasts a Venetian window with three replaced horned sashes, a flush sash window above the door, and two additional flush sashes to the west. The third storey features a tripartite sash window with a 2;4;2 pane configuration, a small inserted casement, and two four-pane sashes. All windows have painted stone sills and gauged brick heads, and the parapet is topped with a plain coping. The rear of the building has various flush sash windows.

The interior has not been fully inspected but appears to retain many original features, including a Georgian staircase, doors, embrasures, and cornices. Historically, the building does not appear on Weston's Map of Chester from 1789 but is present on John Wood's Map from 1833.

Local climate

2, Abbey Green receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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