| 38 Bridge Street, Chester | |
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Location in Cheshire
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| Location: | Chester, Cheshire, England |
| 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 #: | 470068 |
38 Bridge Street is a commercial property in Chester, Cheshire, England. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[1] The building was constructed in 1897 and was designed by the local architects Douglas & 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]