Nine Houses, Chester

Nine Houses, Chester

Coordinates: 53°11′18″N 2°53′17″W / 53.1884°N 2.8881°W / 53.1884; -2.8881

Nine Houses, Chester
Nine Houses, Chester
Location: Park Street, Chester, Cheshire, England
OS grid reference: SJ 408 661
Built: c. 1650
Restored: 1968–69
Restored by: Chester City Council
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated: 28 July 1955
Reference #: 1376376
Nine Houses, Chester is located in Cheshire
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Location in Cheshire

The Nine Houses, of which only six remain, are located in Park Street, Chester, Cheshire, England. The row of houses has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[1] They face the eastern portion of Chester city walls.[2]

History

The houses are the only surviving pre-16th-century almshouses in Chester.[2] They were built in about 1650.[1] By the 1960s the houses were in a dilapidated state and were in danger of collapse. There were campaigns to preserve them led by the Chester Civic Trust and the Chester Archaeological Society. A report was prepared by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, following which they were renovated and rebuilt by Chester City Council in 1968–69. The end wall had to be repaired in old brick, and the rear wall was completely rebuilt.[2]

Architecture

The row consists of six adjoined cottages in two storeys. Each cottage consists of a single bay.[1] The lower storey is constructed in brick on a low sandstone plinth, with stone dressings around the entrance doorways that contain oak-boarded doors. The upper storey is timber-framed and jettied, and has a gable that is jettied further.[2] In the lower storey of each cottage is a 12-pane horizontally-sliding sash window. Each upper storey contains a 16-pane vertically-sliding sash window.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d The Nine Houses (which six remain), Chester (1376376). National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d Langtree, Stephen; Comyns, Alan, eds. (2001), 2000 Years of Building: Chester's Architectural Legacy, Chester: Chester Civic Trust, p. 103, ISBN 0-9540152-0-7 

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