142, Foregate Street

No. 142 on Foregate Street is a former police station, now serving as a County Council occupational health unit. Built in 1884 by architect John Douglas for Chester City Council, the building is constructed of stone-banded red Ruabon brick with a grey slate roof.

The exterior features three storeys and an attic, with the front facing Foregate Street designed in Douglas's Flemish style, presented as a single bay beneath a broad stepped gable. There are two steps leading up to a boarded oak door set in a basket archway made of moulded brick. To the left of the door are three basket-arched windows with pilasters, voussoirs, and stone sills, featuring sashes with a 1-pane lower leaf and an 8-pane upper leaf. To the right of the door is an altered casement window in an unaltered opening, which has a moulded brick ogee head.

A moulded brick string course runs along the first floor. The first and second floors each have six cross-windows with ogee heads, where the lower lights consist of six panes and the upper lights are leaded. These windows feature moulded brick mullions and shafts, along with stone sillbands, transoms, and a second-floor band. The attic windows in the gable are arranged in a pattern of 1;2;2;1 lights, each with six panes and set in an ornate moulded brick surround dated 1884. There are also two small 1-pane lights in the upper attic. The stepped stone-capped gable displays cyma, quadrant, and square steps, crowned by a cartouche representing the police force. A tall shaped chimney is located east of the ridge.

The west side of the building was rebuilt when the road junction was widened. Inside, the layout remains largely intact, though it lacks features of special note.