Historic site in Cheshire, England
| Dee Hills House | |
|---|---|
  Location in Cheshire | |
| Location | Dee Hills Park, Chester, Cheshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°11′30″N 2°52′36″W / 53.1918°N 2.8767°W / 53.1918; -2.8767 |
| OS grid reference | SJ 415 664 |
| Built | 1814 |
| Architect | Thomas Harrison |
| Architectural style(s) | Neoclassical |
| Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated | 10 January 1972 |
| Reference no. | 1375763 |
Dee Hills House is in Dee Hills Park, Chester, Cheshire, England.
History
The house was built as a country house in 1814. An extension was built in the 1930s. It was recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building on 10 January 1972. It was designed by Thomas Harrison for Robert Baxter, and has since been altered and used as offices.
Architecture
The building is made up of two storeys with a three-bay garden projection with Ionic columns facing the River Dee. The front entrance includes a Roman-styled Doric porch. The house's south front features a veranda with four Doric columns.
See also
References
Citations
- ^ Historic England, "Old Government House, Chester (1375763)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 21 November 2011
- ^ Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 281.
- 'Topography 900-1914: Early modern and georgian, 1550-1840', in A History of the County of Chester: Volume 5 Part 1, the City of Chester: General History and Topography, ed. C P Lewis and A T Thacker (London, 2003), pp. 220-229. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/ches/vol5/pt1/pp220-229 .
Sources
- Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) , Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 281, ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
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