Greenbank, Chester
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Greenbank | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The building in 2016 | |
| Location | Handbridge, Cheshire |
| Coordinates | 53°10′29″N 2°53′04″W / 53.17460°N 2.88453°W |
| Built | c.1820 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Greenbank |
| Designated | 28 July 1955 |
| Reference no. | 1375776 |
  Location of Greenbank in Cheshire | |
Greenbank is a former country house to the south of Chester, Cheshire, England. It was built in 1820 for John Swarbreck Rogers, a local glove manufacturer and mayor of Chester. From 1907 the house was occupied by Peter Jones, an Ellesmere Port businessman. He was a patron of the fine arts, who commissioned work from artists, and collected 18th-century furniture. In 1923 a doorway and a separate gatehouse were added, designed by C. H. Reilly.[1] The building was converted into a college in about 1980. It is a stuccoed, flat-roofed building in two storeys with seven bays.[2] The central three bays have a parapet higher than the others, giant pilasters, and panels decorated with garlands above tall windows.[1] The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as "one of the best Georgian houses of Chester".[3] The house is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[2]
