The Sedan House is at 13 and 13B Stanley Place, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[1] The house is sited on the corner of Stanley Place and City Walls Road. It takes its name from the porch on City Walls Road that was used for those being carried in a sedan to enter the house.[2]
| Sedan House | |
|---|---|
 Sedan House, showing the porch | |
| Location | 13 and 13B Stanley Place, Chester, Cheshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°11′24″N 2°53′51″W / 53.1900°N 2.8975°W |
| OS grid reference | SJ 401 663 |
| Built | c. 1780 |
| Architectural style(s) | Georgian |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Designated | 28 July 1955 |
| Reference no. | 1376413 |
  Location in Cheshire | |
History
editStanley Place, including the Sedan House, was built in about 1780 on land formerly occupied by the Franciscan and Dominican friaries. Stanley Place remains as one of Chester's few unaltered Georgian streets.[2]
Architecture
editSedan House is constructed in brown brick on a painted stone plinth, with a grey slate roof. It has three storeys. The windows are sashes.[1] Extending from the house on the side of City Walls Road is a single-storey porch. This has two doors, one on the north side and one on the south. On the west side is a nine-pane window. Leading up from the north side is a single stone step, with two steps to the south.[2] It is thought that this is the only surviving porch of this type in the northwest of England.[1][2]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c Historic England, "Sedan House, Chester (1376413)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 6 November 2011
- ^ a b c d Langtree, Stephen; Comyns, Alan, eds. (2001), 2000 Years of Building: Chester's Architectural Legacy, Chester: Chester Civic Trust, p. 130, ISBN 0-9540152-0-7