3–31 Northgate Street, Chester

[3] This consists of a shop on the ground floor over which is the dining room of Chester City Club.

[4] The site was owned by the local architect John Douglas who designed the building which was constructed in 1900.

On the ground floor modern shop fronts are behind an arcade that is raised by two steps above the street.

[3] Listed Grade II, this building consists of a shop built in 1900 for J. F. Denson and Sons and designed by John Douglas.

[7] A Grade II listed building, this shop contains some medieval masonry and was rebuilt about 1900, the architect probably being John Douglas.

The top storey is jettied and contains two canted five-light oriel windows and braced panels.

At the side of the window are curved struts, and over it are ornate panels within the gable, which is topped by a carved finial.

[9] In the cellar of number 23 are the remains of columns from the principia of the Roman fort that previously stood on the site.

The top storey contains a six-light casement window with decorated panels beneath and to the sides.

The public house dates probably from the early 19th century, and the rest of the building was re-fronted by John Douglas in 1902.

The first bay has a three-light canted oriel window with side-lights in the middle storey, over which is a jetty-beam inscribed with the Chester City motto in Latin.

The second bay has a modern shop front at ground level, and a jettied middle storey containing a three-light casement window.

The top floor has a gable simpler and smaller than that in the first bay which contains a three-light casement window.

The ground floor of the public house is rendered and has a recessed porch; the upper stories are timber-framed.

A terrace of shops seen from an angle. The upper storeys are timber-framed with gables; the shops at ground floor level are set back behind an arcade with supporting columns.
Northgate Street, Chester, showing numbers 5 to 31
A terrace of shops with a covered walkway at ground level and timber framing above.
Northgate Street showing the bow windows of numbers 11–13 in the foreground and the oriel windows of numbers 5–9 beyond
A terrace of buildings seen from a corner, with shops on the left and a public house on the right. The upper storeys are half-timbered and there is a covered walkway in front of the shops
27–31 Northgate Street with the Dublin Packet public house on the right