Listed Building: 7 AND 9, VICTORIA PATHWAY (1375983)

CHESTER CITY (EM) SJ4165 VICTORIA PATHWAY 1932-1/8/295 (East side) 21/07/95 Nos.7 AND 9 GV II Pair of cottages. 1852. Probably by James Harrison. Flemish bond brown brick with grey slate roof. 2 storeys with a pair of front-gabled bays flanked by porch bays. Plinth; stone step to 5-panel door with blocked fanlight; a canted bay window to each cottage with painted stone sill and 3;6;3-pane sashes; 5-panel door with blocked fanlight; blocked window in flank of main bay. The first floor has a 16-pane sash to the front bedroom of each cottage; bargeboards; 2 plinthed chimneys on party wall. Each end has three 12-pane sashes to each floor; all sashes have painted stone sills and gauged-brick flat arches. The rear has extensions; 16-pane sashes. INTERIORS not inspected. With Nos 2-18, 3 & 5 and 11-17 Victoria Pathway (qv) this item comprises an unusual example of mid C19 suburban planning analogous to mid C20 Radburn layouts with a footpath serving the fronts of the cottages and vehicular streets at their rear. Listing NGR: SJ4111965708