Numbers 2 and 3 Clayton Court 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. 1 related planning application.
Numbers 2 and 3 Clayton Court
- WRENN ID
- little-shingle-honey
- 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
- Address
- Numbers 2 and 3 Clayton Court, Duke Street
- OS grid reference
- SJ 407 659
- Coordinates
- 53.18749, -2.88803
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 2 and 3 Clayton Court are a pair of town houses dating to approximately 1760, which were altered and likely divided in 1834, with further alterations made in the late 20th century. They are constructed of stone-dressed Flemish bond brick, rendered to the street façade, with a grey slate roof running parallel to the front.
The houses have a cellar and three storeys, with a four-window front. Number 2, on the left, has three repaired stone steps leading to a panelled door with a replaced part-glazed six-panel upper section within a recessed porch. The windows are replaced 12-pane recessed horns sashes. Number 3 has three stone steps leading to a door consisting of two short panels, a pair of longer panels, and two short panels, within a panelled case with an architrave; it is flanked by a slightly recessed tripartite sash with four, twelve, and four panes respectively. A sill band runs along the second storey, above which are a replaced 12-pane recessed horned sash, a blocked sash, and two replaced 12-pane recessed sashes. The third storey mirrors the fenestration of the second. A lead rainwater pipe and head is present, along with a band and cornice to the parapet. The west gable end has been largely recased in brick. The south-facing, formerly garden, front displays three former coach houses, now garages, with boarded doors, segmental arches, and keystones, forming a projecting basement. The level above the basement has a replaced small-pane glazed door leading to a balcony, a panelled case with replaced architrave and consoles, and a replaced tripartite sash window with four, twelve, and four panes, a wedge lintel, and a keystone to each side. The second main storey has a floor band, with a central 12-pane sash and two tripartite sashes of four, twelve, and four panes, each with a wedge lintel and keystone. The third storey has a similar floor band and window arrangement. Rusticated quoins are visible, along with a moulded cornice of painted stone, a brick parapet, and moulded coping.
The interior of Number 3 includes a cellar with likely stone-cut lower walls, stone steps, and a brick barrel-vault. The hall features a patterned tile floor, HL hinges on the front door, and a round arch on fluted pilasters at the rear. The front room on the west side likely has surfaces covered, while the rear room has panelled dado, a fire surround with a panelled overmantel, and a ceiling cornice. The open-well staircase has a turned newel, closed string, and three slender column-on-vase balusters per step, two of which are missing. The second storey has panelled embrasures with benches and panelled pilasters to an arch at the rear. The front room features a cornice, and the large rear room has a panelled basket-arch entrance alcove and a similar arched alcove further back, both with cornices. The staircase continues to the third storey, which includes a Georgian fireplace in the front room, although the rear room has been altered. A simpler staircase leads to the attic. Number 2 was not inspected. Number 1 Clayton Court, dating from 1834, has been significantly altered and is not included in this listing.
Local climate
Numbers 2 and 3 Clayton Court 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 12 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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