Listed Building: NUMBER 1 TO 6 BLACKFRIARS COURT (PART) AND GARDEN WALL (1376045)

CHESTER CITY (IM) SJ4065NW BLACK FRIARS 595-1/5/28 (South side) 20/10/70 Nos.1-6 (consec) Blackfriars Court (part) and garden wall (Formerly Listed as: BLACKFRIARS No.24 (including No.24A) and Nos.28 and 30) GV II House. c1855. Converted to flats late C20 with some alterations to the front and built against to rear. Lined render on brick; hipped grey slate roof. 2 storeys with symmetrical Italianate double-front to west, formerly the entrance front to Nun's Road. Former central doorway glazed, with overlight and landing window above modified; canted 2-storey bay window to each side has nearly flush horned sashes of 4 panes to front and of 2 panes to each canted face; band above second storey sill level; boxed projecting eaves; rendered chimneys, one on ridge and one set flush at each side. INTERIOR not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: the English bond brown brick garden wall to Nun's Road, the south side of the garden and abutting the house is stone-capped; the wall, which is of sandstone in the lower courses facing Black Friars, north, is probably older than the house. The building is prominently placed above the City Wall, as seen across the Roodee. The C20 extensions are not of special interest. Listing NGR: SJ4020666014