Listed Building: 7, 8 AND 9, THE SQUARE (1335917)

ELLESMERE PORT & NESTON THE SQUARE SJ 4476 & 4576 8/57 & 9/57 Nos 7, 8 & 9 21.2.83 GV II Early C19. Late Georgian terrace of 3 cottages originally with symmetrical 4-window front. Central (2-window) cottage altered late C19 to form village shop and post office. Brown brick; Flemish bond to front. Graded grey Welsh slate roof; flush verges to sides and rear, flush softwood fascia and barge- boards to central gable and wings at front. 2 chimneys. Blocked circular opening in central gable. No 8 retains Georgian sashes front and side. No 9 retains one 12-pane Georgian sash (ground floor) and has small, square 5-light bay formerly used as shop window. Doors replaced. Upper windows to No 9 and all windows to No 10 replaced with modern casements in altered openings. Modern rear extension to No 10. These cottages form part of the late Georgian formal layout around The Square which marks Edmund Yates's attempt to develop Ince as a ferry head on the Mersey estuary for passengers and goods to Liverpool. They are included for group value. Listing NGR: SJ4498976453