Greenbank

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ46SW EATON ROAD 1932-1/4/82 (East side) 28/07/55 Greenbank

GV II

Country house, now catering college. c1820, altered 1923 by Sir Charles Reilly for Peter Jones and converted to non-residential college c1980 by Cheshire County Architect's Department. Stucco, flat-roofed. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 7 bays, almost symmetrical. Plinth; projecting portico with 2 square piers, unorthodox capitals; architrave, frieze, cornice and top-hamper. The central block has parallel-sided giant pilasters on broader projections at both ends. Replaced door of 6 fielded panels with 4-pane sidelights and basket-arched fanlight; recessed panel beneath a 12-pane recessed sash to each side of portico; 2 similar sashes to recessed left wing, lower than central block; right wing has one sash then 2-storey cylindrical bay window with 3 sashes. Double first-floor sillband; 3 recessed 12-pane sashes to first floor, with recessed panels above; entablature with dentil cornice, raised above portico; the left wing has 2 sashes, the right wing one sash in main front, then one of 12 panes, one of 15 panes and one of 12 panes in the round bay; simpler cornices to the wings. The raised sandstone pavement to right end and rear was the base for a wrought-iron verandah, removed c1980. Detailing similar to front, but with some windows altered. INTERIOR: altered: stair replaced; some 6-panel doors; 2 main rooms to rear have plaster wall panelling and moulded ceilings. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Hubbard E: Cheshire: Harmondsworth: 1971-: 175).

Listing NGR: SJ4097164540