Listed Building: CHURCH HOUSE (1130536)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 547, 2, 50
Date assigned 08 November 1985
Date last amended

Description

SJ 46 NE 2/50 TARVIN C.P. CHURCH STREET (East Side) Church House. GV II Formerly parlour wing of farmhouse, now a house: mid-late C16, chimney inserted 1658 with C19 extension to rear and alterations. Timber-framed with brick nogging on stone plinth. Brick extension to rear. Welsh slate roof and a lateral ashlar stack contained within the house with 2 diamond brick stacks. 2-storey and attic, 1-bay front under gable. Slight jetties at 1st and 2nd floor with ovolo moulded tiebeams. Ground storey has an inserted 12-pane window into a line of studs, a line of chevrons and at the top a pair of blocked 4-light wood mullioned windows. First storey has a C20 steel casement above the original sill. There is a line of quartrefoils, a line of chevron and 2 similar mullioned windows. Gable rebuilt in brick with black painted timbers and a small pane window. Panelling to the side is undecorated except for some chevron work. Inserted door and windows. Interior: Two rooms in each floor in old part. Main room has corner fireplace with moulded stone fireplace, damaged by insertion of brick and cast-iron grate. 2 corbels help carry exposed joists; ovolo-moulded ceiling beam. Room to rear has cast-iron fireplace and an heraldic plaster panel with the date 1658. Main room upstairs has good moulded sandstone fireplace and moulded stone mantelshelf with gilded plaster devices above. Ovolo-moulded ceiling beam. Roof trusses of tiebeam, 2 diagonal struts and short collars. Listing NGR: SJ4913466974

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 55754. [Mapped features: #4218 55754; #9524 55754]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 4913 6697 (13m by 8m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ46NE
Civil Parish TARVIN, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

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Record last edited

Jan 26 2022 3:42PM