262-266, NEW CHESTER ROAD

Nos. 262, 264, and 266 on New Chester Road are three houses built between 1896 and 1898 by architect William Owen. The buildings are constructed of brick with a plaster first floor, featuring tile-hung gables adorned with fishscale bands and topped with a hipped tile roof. They are two storeys tall and consist of three bays. The first floor of the first bay juts out on a bracket and post beneath an asymmetrical gable, while the second bay has a gable. A cornice runs along the ground floor. The windows are 4-light leaded casements, with the ground floor windows of the second and third bays featuring gauged-brick cambered arches. The first floor of the third bay includes a flat-topped dormer. The entrances are elliptical-headed with plank doors, except for the entrance to the first bay, which is straight-headed. There are two cross-axial stacks and a lateral stack on the left return, with the entrance located on the right return. The rainwater heads are dated 1896. The rear of the houses is similar in style.