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Latitude: 53.1945 / 53°11'40"N
Longitude: -2.8937 / 2°53'37"W
OS Eastings: 340387
OS Northings: 366749
OS Grid: SJ403667
Mapcode National: GBR 79.2RLJ
Mapcode Global: WH887.JY8X
Plus Code: 9C5V54V4+QG
Entry Name: 5 and 7, Upper Northgate Street
Listing Date: 23 July 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1375961
English Heritage Legacy ID: 469940
ID on this website: 101375961
Location: Newtown, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH1
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward/Division: Chester City
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Chester
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Chester St Oswald and St Thomas of Canterbury
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Building
SJ4066
1932-1/6/278
CHESTER CITY (EM)
UPPER NORTHGATE STREET
(West side)
Nos.5 AND 7
II
GV
Pair of town houses, now offices. Probably late C18. Flemish
bond brown brick; grey slate roof, ridge parallel with front.
3 storeys of 4 windows. Painted stone plinth; 2 stone steps to
adjacent round-arched doorways; No.5 has door of 4 fielded
panels above 2 flush panels and radial-bar fanlight in case
with recessed fluted pillars and ornamented architrave to
round arch; No.7 has 9-panel door in archway rebuilt late C19.
Painted stone bands to ground and first floors and sills to
third floor; wedge lintels; replaced horned 2-pane sashes; 2
to each side of doors; 4 to first and second floors, almost
equally spaced. Central rainwater pipe; modillion cornice;
central ridge chimney. The rear has replaced almost flush
2-pane sashes.
INTERIORS: No.5 has 6-panel door and cornice in ground floor
and first floor front rooms; stair to first floor renewed;
dogleg stair with 7 winders in semicircle at the turn; square
newels with shaped tops; 3 stick balusters per step; swept
rail; L-shaped stair to attic; door of 2 fielded panels.
No.7 has brick barrel-vaulted cellar of 2 chambers; cornices
to ground floor; upper floors could not be inspected.
Listing NGR: SJ 40387 66749
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