38 Bridge Street, Chester

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38 Bridge Street, Chester
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38 Bridge Street
Location Chester, Cheshire, England
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OS grid reference SJ 405 662
Built 1897
Architect Douglas & Fordham
Architectural style(s) Black-and-white Revival
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated 10 January 1972
Reference no. 470068
38 Bridge Street, Chester is located in Cheshire
38 Bridge Street, Chester
Location in Cheshire

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]

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]

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