Numbers 10 And 12 Row Numbers 12 And 14 Street

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SE NORTHGATE STREET AND ROW 595-1/4/307 (East side) 01/01/70 Nos.12 & 14 Street and Nos.10 & 12 Row (Formerly Listed as: NORTHGATE STREET (East side) Nos.12-16 (Even))

GV II

Site of 2 medieval undercrofts and town houses, now shop and stair to licensed premises at street level and licensed premises at Row level. The present visible structure was rebuilt, probably 1912-13 by RW Boden for Walker and Knight. Timber frame with plaster panels; shingle roof. EXTERIOR: 4 storeys plus attics; 2 structural bays. The street level frontage is modern and of no interest; stone steps to Row at south end; fascia at base of Row stallboard has carved running pattern of vines; sandstone south pier; north pier partly of stone; 2 intermediate stanchions clad in timber; sloping stallboard to front of Row walk; timber handrail on ornamental mild steel balusters; undistinguished timber-framed face of licensed premises to the Row. The bressumer carries a jetty to the third storey on paired consoles at ends and centre with 8 intermediate brackets; 2 canted 5-light mullioned and transomed leaded oriels in timber framing with diagonal braces to lower panels and quadrant braces to the upper panels. The jettied fourth storey has 2 shallow 4-light mullioned and transomed canted leaded oriels in timber framing with recessed central and end panels and braced panels at each side of each oriel. A shallow coved jetty carries a pair of front gables, each with a leaded cross-window and herringbone bracing; plain bargeboards; the roof behind the gables has a mansard front. INTERIOR: The floor of the shop is approx 1m below pavement level, with no accessible cellar beneath. The shop and the licensed premises have no visible features of special interest. (Improvement Committee Minutes: Chester City Council: 16/10/1912).

Listing NGR: SJ4055266337