Number 93 Street

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SW WATERGATE STREET AND ROW 595-1/3/401 (South side) 10/01/72 No.93 Street (Formerly Listed as: WATERGATE STREET No.93)

GV II

Town house, now hostel. Mid C18 with minor alterations. Flemish bond brown brick; double depth grey slate roofs. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; the main front is to Nicholas Street mews. Double fronted: painted sandstone plinth; 4 stone steps to door of 6 fielded panels with 3-pane overlight and replaced simplified pedimented doorcase; recessed 12-pane sash to each side of door; similar sash to second-storey above door, with larger 12-pane sash to left and blocked window opening to right; third storey has 6-pane sash above door, tripartite sash of 2;6;2 panes to left and blocked opening to right; all windows have plain stone sills and gauged brick cambered arches; kneeler and plain stone coping to parapet, which is carried at ridge level between the 2 gables. The left end to Watergate Street is plain, with 2 blocked window openings to third storey. A small service wing of irregular form has two 16-pane flush sashes and gable kneelers. INTERIOR: has doors of 6 fielded panels in first and third storeys, doors of 3 broad panels in the second storey; the dogleg stair has an altered handrail on stick balusters between first and second storey; in the third storey the swept handrail to the lower flights survives, heavily painted.

Listing NGR: SJ4024166198