Listed Building: TOWER HOUSE (1375756)

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Grade II
Authority Department for Culture Media and Sport
Volume/Map/Item 1932-1, 7, 57
Date assigned 10 January 1972
Date last amended

Description

CHESTER CITY (EM) SJ3965 CURZON PARK NORTH 1932-1/7/57 (North side) 10/01/72 Nos.14 AND 16 Tower House (Formerly Listed as: CURZON PARK NORTH No.14) GV II Italianate suburban villa. c1850, stable wing converted to separate dwelling later C20. Rusticated render; grey slate roofs. 6-panel door in round archway with blank fan at left and of projecting one-storey wing, right; 2-storey main block with tower one storey higher. Most of broader windows have quadrant upper corners, narrower windows round arches. Ground floor has a rectangular sash, a range of 2-pane lights. The 1-storey right wing has balcony, cantilevered on ornate wrought-iron brackets, left; wrought-iron railings; French doors to balcony and above entrance; hipped roof to the 2 bays left of entrance has boldly projecting boxed eaves on ornate brackets to hipped roof; simple pediment to French window above entrance. A pair of round-arched 2-pane windows in second storey of tower, which has hipped roof detailed as that to main block. Coach house and hayloft, left, converted to cottage. INTERIORS not inspected. Listing NGR: SJ3985365434

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Sources (1)

  • Digital Archive: English Heritage. 2005. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 469735. [Mapped features: #5055 469735; #10358 469735]

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred SJ 3985 6543 (21m by 21m) (2 map features)
Map sheet SJ36NE
Civil Parish CHESTER NON PARISH AREA, CHESTER, CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER

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Record last edited

Aug 14 2012 10:24AM