Off the Wall - Pepper Street and St John Street, Chester

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Off the Wall - Pepper Street and St John Street, Chester
Off the Wall - Pepper Street and St John Street, Chester

The area around the Chester Roman Amphitheatre.


Off the Wall at the corner of Pepper Street and St John Street, Chester.

Grade II Listed Building

Fragment of Deva Roman Fortress Wall

Description


CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4066 ST JOHN STREET
1932-1/6/249 (West side)
No.12

GV II

Includes: Fragment of Deva Roman Fortress wall ST JOHN STREET.

Showrooms, perhaps formerly workshop and offices. 1908. Hard
red brick with terracotta dressings.
EXTERIOR: cellars, 2 storeys and attic; almost symmetrical, 9
windows. Yellow sandstone plinth with blocked cellar openings.
Left wing has round-arched cartway, a bull's-eye window and a
12-pane recessed sash; projecting central portion has a
further-projecting central bay of two 15-pane sashes, with a
similar sash to each side; the right wing has a 12-pane
recessed sash and one step to 6-panel door in case with
pediment on consoles. All windows have architraves shouldered
and eared and usually cornices of terracotta. The first floor
has 3 recessed 12-pane sashes in left wing, 4 similar sashes
in central portion, the right wing a 12-pane sash and a dual
8-pane sash. Egg-and-dart cornice to each wing; central
portion has modillion cornice with a broken pediment above the
2 central windows, dated 1908 on cartouche with swags. The
left wing has coped end-gable with flush brick chimney. The
middle portion has hipped mansard with 2 Classically detailed
dormers and a rectangular roof-lantern. The right wing has a
smaller lantern behind the front pitch. The foundation courses
of the Roman fortress wall are visible in area, left,
continuing into cellar.
INTERIOR has cast-iron columns and panelled ceiling.
Substantial stair. This item has townscape value on site
facing the Roman amphitheatre.


Listing NGR: SJ4077266179

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Taken on: October 23, 2023
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