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Chesters (Humshaugh)

Chesters.
Photo by Harry Rowland, 1971.
Chesters. Photo by Harry Rowland, 1971.
(NY 90907025) Chesters (NAT) (1)

II* Chesters 1771, enlarged by Norman Shaw in 1891. South front has centre block of three storeys with centre pedimented doorway, two windows on each upper floor, and flanking three-storeyed three-sided bays with three windows on each floor. Lower two-storeyed wings added by Shaw in a curving composition, in a concave arc, containing sashes and Venetian windows. See Pevsner and Country Life, 244. (2)

Country house, 1771 by John Carr for John Clayton; remodelled with major extensions in 1891 by Norman Shaw. (3)

General association with HER 14711 (Marker Or Boundary Stone 100 Metres North Of Chesters), HER 14715 (Stable Block 200 Metres North Of Chesters), HER 14716 (The Butlers Cottage West Of Chesters Stables With Yard Wall), (4)
N9314
Post Medieval (1540 to 1901)
Listed Building


Source of Reference
Local History of Humshaugh

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