Listed Building: 14, LOWER BRIDGE STREET (1376296)

CHESTER CITY (IM) SJ4066SE LOWER BRIDGE STREET 595-1/4/232 (West side) 15/06/70 No.14 GV II A one-bay town house, now a restaurant. Medieval origin, refronted and rebuilt from former Row level upward, probably C18. Coursed sandstone rubble; rendered brick; grey slate roof, gable to front. 4 storeys including undercroft and former Row level. The shopfront has modern small-pane part-glazed door, south, and a 1-pane window in possibly older surround with simple plinth, pilasters and fascia. One tripartite sash of 4;12;4 panes to second and third storeys; a 2-light sash formerly of 4 panes to the fourth storey; flush eaves; a lateral chimney, south. INTERIOR: the undercroft, 4 steps down, has surfaces of front bay covered and modern metal spiral stair inserted. Further back, the medieval sidewalls of coursed red sandstone rubble are exposed; 3 oak cross-beams, 2 chamfered. The second storey has some old cross-beams, probably re-positioned. Surfaces in the third and fourth storeys are covered. (Chester Rows Research Project: Grenville J: Lower Bridge Street, West: 1988-). Listing NGR: SJ4056366038