19A, King Street

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066NW KING STREET 595-1/1/209 (South side) No.19A

GV II

Showrooms and warehouse. Probably late C19, of Classical derivation. Painted rusticated stone first storey; hard red brick above; grey slate roof has ridge parallel with street. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. The first storey has a central tripartite sash of 8:12:8 panes with framed and diagonally boarded double vehicle doors, east, and late C20 hardwood glazed showroom doors, west, each under a segmental arch with large voussoirs. Plain painted band at second storey floor level. Second and third storeys are in English garden wall bond with 6 double-square 20-pane metal hoppers in openings with bevelled reveals and cambered heads to second storey; band at third storey floor level has a recessed dogtooth course between 2 projecting courses with oversailing moulded course; 6 third storey windows similar to those of second storey but, shorter, of 16 panes. The rear has a long yard with a 2-storey outshut along its north side and 2-storey storage buildings on west and south sides, all of brown brick with grey slate roofs and small-paned wood windows of horizontal proportion; 4 similar windows to top storey of main block, above the lean-to roof of the outshut. INTERIOR: has no identified features of special interest. Included for group value as a well detailed and unaltered component of the streetscape.

Listing NGR: SJ4034666573