Building record 10767 - No 15-23 Newgate Street, 18th century town houses

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 470316; 470317; 470318; 470319 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

No 15-23 Newgate Street consists of a row of 18th century town houses at cottages, much of Newgate Street was demolished in the 1960s to make way for the modern redevelopment and these properties are all that survive. No 15-19 consists of three town houses, later converted and now in use as offices. They are three storeys high of Flemish bond brick with a grey slate roof and ridges at right angles to the street. No 21 is currently in use as a public house, known as The Plumber’s Arms with a roughcast front with timber framing. No 23 is a cottage of a slightly earlier date than the others but much altered.

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Morris, M. 26/04/2013 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

A stone wall of possible medieval date was recorded to the rear of the Plumbers Arms. It may represent a medieval plot boundary.

<3> CFA Archaeology Ltd, 2019, Nos. 15, 17 and 19 Newgate Street, Chester: Historic Building Recording Level II, R4393 (Client Report). SCH8823.

A Level II building record was produced in 2019 for Nos. 15, 17 and 19 Newgate Street prior to proposed development comprising the extension and conversion of former offices to create residential apartments, also the demolition of existing extensions. Nos. 15 and 17, also No. 19, are both Grade II listed. The survey has demonstrated that some original internal features of what were quality eighteenth century town houses still survive, however, the majority of the original layouts and the character of the interior spaces have been largelt lost by later alteration, particularly those done in the early part of the twentieth century when Nos. 15 and 17 were converted to a single property.