Golden Eagle Public House

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4065NE CASTLE STREET 595-1/6/89 (North side) 10/01/72 No.18 Golden Eagle Public House

GV II

Public house incorporating elements of the town house of Humphrey Ball, Sheriff of Chester in 1469. The present building is C17 and C18 externally. Flemish bond painted brick to front and irregular bond brown brick to west side facing Bunce Street; grey slate roofs with 3 parallel ridges, gables to Castle Street. 2 storeys plus attics. Painted stone plinth; 2 steps to door of 6 fielded panels in timber case with architrave, frieze and pediment; replaced 2-pane horned sashes, 2 to each side of doorway and 5 to second storey; a 4-pane sash in the central gable; the sashes are flush. Lead rainwater pipe and head dated 177... at east end. The gables have stone parapets with finials of late C17 character. 2 brick chimneys on west ridge, one on east ridge. The west side has late C19 window openings with 2 recessed 2-pane sashes and three 1-pane lights to first storey and leaded casements to the second storey; the rear refaced probably late C19. INTERIOR: much altered. The first storey east front room has ceiling with cross-beam with chamfers stopped at each end and to each side of centre; the soffit has empty mortices, one at centre and 3 east of centre; 6 stop-chamfered joists of large section to each side of the beam. The rear east room has a corner post and 2 probably repositioned beams.

Listing NGR: SJ4051465934