Listed Building: ALMSHOUSES OF HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN BAPTIST (1375965)

CHESTER CITY (EM) SJ4066 UPPER NORTHGATE STREET 1932-1/6/276 (West side) 10/01/72 Almshouses of Hospital of St John Baptist (Formerly Listed as: UPPER NORTHGATE STREET Almshouses) GV II 14 almshouses. Rebuilt 1854 by Morris and Hobson for Trustees of Hospital of St John Baptist in place of 13 almshouses reputedly founded by Earl Ranulph III of Chester 1181-1232. Stone-dressed orange brick; hipped grey slate roof. U-shaped court accessed through Bluecoat School (qv). 2 storeys with 6 almshouses in central block and 4 almshouses each in south and north wing which project toward Bluecoat School. Plinth. Paired 4-panel doors in Tuscan cases, each with side and central pilasters, friezes and cornices. A stone-cased segmental-arched sash to ground floor of each almshouse. The first storey has a stone-cased rectangular sash above each ground floor sash and a pair above each pair of doors. Stone cornice; 8-course brick parapet with simple stone coping. Symmetrically-placed ridge chimneys have original pots. Courtyard of blue paviours between almshouses and Bluecoat School. INTERIORS have been comprehensively refurbished and the rears carefully extended, probably 1970s. Listing NGR: SJ4034166698