Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4066SW CUPPIN STREET
595-1/3/145 (North side)
10/01/72 Nos.20 AND 22

GV II

Pair of town houses, possibly formed by the sub-division of a
larger house. Early C18, altered. Brown brick in Flemish bond
to front; each house has a grey slate roof with ridges at
right-angles to front.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys of 2 windows to each house, 2 doorcases
with plain pilasters and moulded pediments; painted plinth of
rendered stone; 2 steps to each door, of stone to No.20 and
covered to No.22, No.20 having a door of 6 fielded panels and
No.22 a replaced small-panel door, each with a plain
overlight; No.20 has a recessed, replaced horned tripartite
sash with no glazing bars, No.22 a replaced flush 2-pane
horned sash. The second storey has 2 replaced 2-pane horned
recessed sashes to No.20 and 2 replaced horned flush 2-pane
sashes to No.22, the sash-boxes being old. The third storey
has 2 replaced recessed 2-pane horned sashes to No.20 and a
flush sash with glazing bars removed to No.22. Each upper
storey has a 3-course brick floor-band. No.20 has a 3-course
band at base of a plain parapet; No.22 has a band of one
course oversailing 2 courses beneath a parapet with pilasters
and panels of brick which look late C17 and a cornice. An
ornate mid C19 cast-iron rainwater head. The front gable of
No.22 is visible above the parapet.
INTERIORS: cellar to No.20 is said to be partly barrel-vaulted
in brick and to have brick walls with rectangular sinkings.
The hall of No.20 has a blocked archway, probably formerly to
what is now No.22, with detailing removed. The front room
appears largely to be re-finished below frieze level;
architrave to embrasure; probably replaced round-arched marble
fireplace; cornice with heavily-moulded ceiling-band; plaster
rose. The dogleg stair has newels with pendant, closed string,
3 turned balusters of substantial section per step and heavy
moulded rail dying against the newels of each flight; swept
skirting. The front second storey room has most features
removed or covered; plaster cornice and rose. Doors are
replaced, 4-panelled, of early C19 type.
No.22 has cellar with east part barrel-vaulted in brick, an
oak post and longitudinal beam and post and rail to the stone
stair of late C17 appearance; the stair has winders through
180 degrees. The entrance hall has a round archway to the
stair hall with panelled pilasters and a similar basket

archway, now blocked, formerly to No.20. The front room is
panelled, one row below the plain dado and a tall row above
it; panelled overmantel, but fireplace removed; painted oak
cornice; rose. The back room has a re-lined range recess and a
boxed oak beam. The dogleg oak stair, somewhat damaged, is
much simpler than that to No.20, and looks late C17. The
second storey front room has fielded dado panels and moulded
rail, a round-arched marble fireplace and an oak cornice. The
third storey has no visible features of special interest, but
the roof is stated to have oak purlins, flat rafters, some
replaced, and an oak ridge-tree set diagonally.

Listing NGR: SJ4046066045

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656812

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)