Listed Building: 4, WHITE FRIARS (1376473)

CHESTER CITY (IM) SJ4066SE WHITE FRIARS 595-1/4/434 (North side) 10/01/72 No.4 GV II Warehouse, probably formerly a house. Probably c1760 partly remodelled c1860. Brown brick in irregular bond, the first and second storeys, except the east bay, stuccoed; grey slate roof, ridge parallel with street. EXTERIOR: 4 storeys, 5 windows. Plinth with ribbed top. The first storey has, from west to east, a 4-panel door; a pair of now 2-pane recessed horned sashes separated by a fluted square timber pilaster; a door of 3 short panels beneath 4 long panels with mock-arched heads and a blocked overlight in a timber case with fluted pilasters and ornate brackets to a hood with 3 Maltese crosses in its frieze; a pair of 2-pane sashes like those west of the door; a recessed 2-pane horned sash and a rear entry. The stucco to the first and second storeys has reeded arrises to sides, top and panels over openings. The second storey has 4 recessed 4-pane casements in the stucco and a nearly flush 12-pane sash in the brickwork over the rear entry; the third storey has 4 recessed 4-pane casements under brick camber arches; the fourth storey has 4 similar casements plus a nearly flush 12-pane sash over the rear entry; a pair of brick chimneys on the largely hidden back wall. INTERIOR could not be inspected. (Grosvenor Museum Archaeological Exc'n & Survey Reports: Ward SW: The Lesser Medieval Religious Houses: Chester: 1990-: PASSIM; Braun: Map of Chester: 1585-). Listing NGR: SJ4051766109