Listed Building: 8 AND 10, ST JOHNS ROAD (1375926)

CHESTER CITY (EM) SJ4165 ST JOHN'S ROAD 1932-1/8/253 (West side) Nos.8 AND 10 GV II Pair of suburban houses. 1850s. Probably by James Harrison to the same design as Nos 4 and 6 St John's Road (qv). Orange-brown brick with grey slate roofs. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; handed with a projecting bay to each side of a pair of central bays; a small 2-storey recessed porch bay on each end. The architectural treatment relates to no specific style. Both porches are altered, enclosing the original detailing. Mullioned square 6-light bay window with painted stone sill, plinthed corner posts and transom forming a St Andrew's Cross in each light in each end-bay; 3 lancets with 3-pane sashes to each central bay; hipped roofs of fish-scale slates over bay windows have lead rolls. The first floor has 2 triangular-arched casements to each house, with tracery in the form of king post trusses. Front gable to each outer bay; dormer gable above each inner casement. 3 ridge chimneys with separated flues. Each end has two 2-pane lancets behind the porch to the ground floor and a Y-tracery window to the first floor. INTERIORS not inspected; see description of No.6 St John's Road (qv). Listing NGR: SJ4114465717