8, White Friars

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SW WHITE FRIARS 595-1/3/436 (North side) 10/01/72 No.8

GV II

House, unoccupied 1990 to 1991. Probably early C18, altered. Brown brick in irregular bond later raised 9 courses in harder red brick; grey slate roof, main ridge parallel with the street. 2 storeys, double-fronted. Painted stone plinth with cellar vents; a yellow sandstone step to door of 6 fielded panels with a 3-pane overlight in a plain painted stone case with scraper-recess in plinth, stopped arris-mouldings and moulded cornice; a tripartite sash now of 2;2;2 panes to each side of doorway, with painted stone sills and slightly-cambered heads of alternating stretchers and headers. Floor-band of 3 brick courses; 2 recessed 16-pane sashes to the second storey have wood sills and painted wedge lintels; brick parapet. The brick rear wing, possibly older than the front, has a gable-end partly rendered and partly slate-hung; an old brick chimney near the front of the ridge. INTERIOR could not be inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ4050266104