Description

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4066 LITTLE ST JOHN STREET
1932-1/6/185 (South side (off))
10/01/72 St John's Cottage and wall to front
garden

GV II

Detached house. Origin probably C17 but most externally
visible features early C19. Irregular bond brown brick, the
east end and rear, to north, pebbledashed; grey slate roof,
ridge parallel with front.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 5 windows. The front has a
small 2-storey forward projection, left, with blank front and
left side, a 6-pane-plus-one-pane-above transom casement to
ground floor and a flush 12-pane sash to first floor on right
side. The main face of the front has flush windows with
minimal sills and cambered brick heads: 8-pane sash; 12-pane
sash; 4-pane casement; 16-pane sash; part-glazed door in
tripartite simple pedimented case; 16-pane sash to ground
floor: 12-pane sash; tripartite 4;12;4-pane sash; two 12-pane
sashes to first floor: 5 casements in gabled half-dormers to
attic, of 2 lights; 2 lights; 3 lights; 2 lights; 3 lights. A
chimney near left end, immediately before the ridge.
Each end has a 12-pane sash to the first floor. The rear has a
two-and-a-half-storey gabled projecting porch on the second
bay from east, with a 1-storey outshut east and an outshut
tapering to the main wall west. A 4-panel door with flat hood;
irregular window-patterns, mostly small-pane casements; a
chimney at north east corner and a flush chimney west of
porch. The position and form of the porch and leans of walls
suggest a timber frame concealed by the pebbledash.
INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ4089266086

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26656573

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