Listed Building: NUMBERS 15 AND 17 STREET (1376340)

CHESTER CITY (IM) SJ4066SE NORTHGATE STREET AND ROW 595-1/4/280 (West side) 10/01/72 Nos.15 & 17 Street (Formerly Listed as: NORTHGATE STREET (West side) Nos 15 & 17 Row) GV II Pair of undercrofts, now joined, and shop. The undercrofts are medieval, the shop c1909 by James Strong. Some concealed metal framing, timber frame with plaster panels, clay tile roof. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys. The Row arcade 2 steps above pavement level has 4 stanchions in painted timber hollow posts with Classical mouldings at heads and feet on yellow ashlar plinths, carrying a bressumer to the jettied second storey on moulded timber brackets to front and sides. The second storey of 3 bays has close studding beneath continuous leaded glazing with a 5-light oriel with moulded mullions and transom occupying each side bay and a 3-light mullioned and transomed casement, with fixed light to each side above transom level, in the middle bay. The third storey is jettied, with close studding and 3 hipped half-dormers of 3 lights with moulded mullions; rainwater heads with cornices; a red brick chimney with stone plinth and 2 diagonal flues with corbelled brick caps at each end of ridge. The brick-built rear has no features of special interest. INTERIOR: the short undercrofts were probably the paired undercroft of one medieval house; remains of stair from undercrofts of No.17 to Row of No.15; an earlier pit, probably Roman, by north wall of No.17. The Row storey has no visible features of interest. The second storey has plaster cornice in front room and the broad openwork arches of 2 former arcades from which the posts have been removed. The third storey has no visible features of special interest. No.17 is on the site of the former Cross Keys Inn. Nos 5-31 (odd) are collectively known as `Saddler's Row' and were previously listed as Row numbers. (Chester Rows Research Project: Harris R: Northgate Street: 1989-). Listing NGR: SJ4051466358