5, Sealand Road

A small house, likely dating to around 1800, with possible features from the mid-18th century, is located at 5 Sealand Road, Chester. It is now used as an office. The building is constructed of brown brick with a grey slate roof. The ground floor slopes down one storey from front to rear. The front elevation overlooking the River Dee has a replacement door within a simple pilaster surround, and 16-pane sash windows with architraves. The first floor has two 8-pane flush sash windows. Painted stone sills and brick segmental-arched heads are visible on the windows. A large, stepped chimney projects from the left end of the building. A 12-pane flush sash window is present in the basement, a 2-pane sash within a projecting case on the ground floor, and a 12-pane horizontally-sliding sash on the first floor. The left side of the building features a small inserted recessed sash and a flush sash, both with 4 panes under segmental-arched heads. The rear of the house, which is oblique to Sealand Road, has a framed-and-boarded basement door with a simple overlight under a cambered head. A 19th-century canted bay window with 2, 4, and 2 panes is positioned on the left side; a 6-pane recessed sash is to the right. Two 12-pane flush sashes are on the upper floor, which is at ground floor level at the front of the building. Painted stone sills are present, and some window heads are segmental while others are brick with coursing carried across. A small, gabled outhouse on the right side of the building has a small window between two doors. The interior contains 19th-century fireplaces, 4-panel doors, and a straight closed-string staircase with a square newel and a Chinese balustrade. The building was vacant when surveyed in January 1992.