Listed Building: 6, 8 AND 10, VICTORIA PATHWAY (1375982)

CHESTER CITY (EM) SJ4165 VICTORIA PATHWAY 1932-1/8/291 (West side) 21/07/95 Nos.6, 8 AND 10 GV II Row of 3 cottages. c1852. Probably by James Harrison, said to have been for the second Marquis of Westminster. Flemish bond brown brick with steep graded grey slate roofs. 2 storeys of 4 bays plus 2 narrower recessed bays. Front-gabled end bays to the main block project. Plinth; gabled central porch to No.8; yellow brick flush quoins to all corners; central porch has door of 6 fielded panels, 1-pane fanlight in round brick arch, bargeboard; a 10-pane cross-casement left and right of entrance; a 1-storey canted bay window to each projecting bay has four mullioned and transomed lights with painted stone sill, frieze and cornice to hipped roof; entrances to Nos 6 and 10 in recessed end-bays. The first floor has a 10-pane cross-casement to each side of porch, under dormer-gables and a similar casement to each projecting bay. 2 brick ridge chimneys and 3 behind the ridge. The simply expressed rear has small walled yards and wrought-iron flat-roofed porches with scrolled brackets. INTERIORS not inspected. With Nos 2 and 4, 12-18 and 3-17 Victoria Pathway (qv), this item comprises an unusual example of mid C19 town planning analogous to mid C20 Radburn layouts with a footpath serving the fronts of the cottages and vehicular streets their rear. Listing NGR: SJ4108965696