Golden Eagle Public House

The Golden Eagle Public House is a historic building that includes elements from the town house of Humphrey Ball, who was Sheriff of Chester in 1469. The current structure dates from the 17th and 18th centuries. The front is made of Flemish bond painted brick, while the west side facing Bunce Street features irregular bond brown brick. It has grey slate roofs with three parallel ridges and gables facing Castle Street. The building has two storeys plus attics and a painted stone plinth.

There are two steps leading to the entrance, which has a door with six fielded panels in a timber case, complete with an architrave, frieze, and pediment. The windows have been replaced with two-pane horned sashes, with two on each side of the doorway and five on the second storey. A four-pane sash is located in the central gable, and all sashes are flush. A lead rainwater pipe and head dated 177... is found at the east end. The gables feature stone parapets with late 17th-century finials. There are two brick chimneys on the west ridge and one on the east ridge.

The west side has late 19th-century window openings, including two recessed two-pane sashes and three one-pane lights on the first storey, along with leaded casements on the second storey. The rear has been refaced, likely in the late 19th century.

Inside, the building has been much altered. The first storey east front room features a ceiling with a cross-beam that has chamfers stopped at each end and to each side of the centre. The soffit has empty mortices, with one at the centre and three east of centre. There are six stop-chamfered joists of large section on each side of the beam. The rear east room contains a corner post and two beams that have likely been repositioned.