78-80, CHESTER ROAD

ELLESMERE PORT & NESTON CHESTER ROAD SJ 37 NE (west side) 2/1 No 78-80 (even) GV II c.1830s symmetrical pair of stuccoed villa houses. Grey Welsh slate roof to No 78; roof of No 80 renewed in concrete tiles. Main roofs hipped; pediment gables to front. 3-sided bays to front. 3-sided bays to front dining rooms. Moulded stucco architraves to windows, some with round-headed arches and stucco keystones. Principal windows have double hung Georgian type recessed sashes; some glazing bars removed. Rectangular stuccoed chimneys. Wide entrance doors with 2 vertical panels. The character of No 78 is intact; No 80 altered at rear with modern windows in altered openings. Interior of No 78 has open string staircase with mahogany handrail and painted square balusters; folding panelled internal shutters to hall and front windows; simple moulded plaster cornices to hall, dining room and breakfast room; 4 panel internal doors; cel- lar with brick floor. Interior of No 80 modernised.

Listing NGR: SJ3940575222