Listed Building: 16 AND 18, VICTORIA PATHWAY (1375987)

CHESTER CITY (EM) SJ4165 VICTORIA PATHWAY 1932-1/8/293 (West side) 21/07/95 Nos.16 AND 18 GV II Pair of cottages. c1855. Probably by James Harrison, said to have been for the second Marquis of Westminster. Flemish bond brown brick with steep grey slate roofs. 2 storeys of 2 front-gabled bays flanked by recessed porch bays. Stone plinth; door of 4 fielded panels with fanlight in round brick arch; windows have stone sills, most painted; gauged brick flat arches; sashes recessed. A 12-pane sash in flank of main bay; 2 canted bay windows each with 4;8;4-pane sashes, fascia, eaves cornice and hipped slate roof with lead rolls; replaced 16-pane window in flank of main bay; door of 4 fielded panels with fanlight behind lean-to porch roof on brackets; central plinthed chimney with 3 old pots. The left end of No.18 has rendered gable, 12-pane sashes, 2 to ground floor and 3 to first floor. The right end of No.16 has two 12-pane sashes and a smaller replaced window to the ground-floor and two 12-pane sashes flanking a blank sash-panel to the first floor. INTERIORS not inspected. With Nos 2-14 and 3-17 Victoria Pathway, 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: SJ4111965648