38 Bridge Street is a commercial property in Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade listed building.[1] The building was constructed in 1897 and was designed by the local architects Douglas and Fordham.[1][2] It is the only new building designed by Douglas to incorporate a section of the Chester Rows.[2]
| 38 Bridge Street, Chester | |
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 38 Bridge Street | |
| Location | Chester, Cheshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°11′21″N 2°53′29″W / 53.18925°N 2.89148°W |
| OS grid reference | SJ 405 662 |
| Built | 1897 |
| Architect | Douglas & Fordham |
| Architectural style(s) | Black-and-white Revival |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | No.38 Street and Nos.36 & 38 Row |
| Designated | 10 January 1972 |
| Reference no. | 1376082 |
  Location in Cheshire | |
The building is in three storeys and is constructed in yellow sandstone and brick with stone dressings. The top storey is timber-framed. A modern shop front has been inserted into the lowest storey. The middle storey, which incorporates a section of the Rows, has a timber balustrade, behind which is the walkway, and then another shop front. The top storey is jettied. On the face overlooking Bridge Street are two six-light oriel windows under a gable, and a smaller three-light casement window to the right. On the south side, overlooking Pierpoint Lane, are small windows in both the middle and the upper storeys.[1] Douglas' biographer Edward Hubbard considers it is one of his "most heavily decorated half-timber works".[2]
As of 2012 row level of the building is occupied by designer womenswear brand The Editeur,[3] and the street level by Italian restaurant chain Carluccio's.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Historic England. "38 Bridge Street and Row, Chester (1376082)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ^ a b c Hubbard, Edward (1991), The Work of John Douglas, London: The Victorian Society, p. 166, ISBN 0-901657-16-6
- ^ Contact us, The Editeur, retrieved 29 March 2012
- ^ Chester, Carluccio's, retrieved 29 March 2012