7 And 9, Castle Street

A pair of early 18th-century or earlier town houses stand on Castle Street in Chester. The houses are built of English garden wall bond brown brick with a grey slate roof running parallel to the front. They are three storeys high, with each house featuring one bay width. A flush painted stone plinth has a covered cellar opening to number 7 and a blocked opening to number 9. There are three stone steps leading to number 7 and a tiled step to number 9. The front doors are of six fielded panels, with a simple moulded case at number 7 and an eared case with a shaped frieze and cornice at number 9, each with their own overlights. Number 7 has flush 12-pane sashes with sills tiled and cambered gauged brick heads. Number 9 has replaced 4-pane sashes with painted stone sills and cambered gauged brick heads. A central cast-iron rainwater pipe and head are present. The roof has two bricked-up dormer gables, set back, and a large central ridge chimney. The rear elevation features two doors leading to walled yards, a long stair window of six panes to number 7 and eighteen panes to number 9, both flush with cambered brick heads. Number 7 has a 6-pane casement to each upper storey, plus a repaired 4-pane gabled dormer window. Number 9 has a 4-pane horned sash to the second storey, a 2-pane horizontally-sliding sash to the third storey, and a 6-pane gabled dormer. The interiors have not been inspected.