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116 Hospital Street, Nantwich

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116 Hospital Street, Nantwich — substantial townhouse in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK.

116 Hospital Street, Nantwich, historic houses in West Midlands

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Typical visit
1 h–2 h
Nearest railway station
Nantwich · 0.3 km
  • Family-friendly
  • Limited wheelchair access

About

116 Hospital Street, Nantwich is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Constructed primarily of wood. Heritage designation: Grade II listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "substantial townhouse in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK". Coordinates: 53.0658°, -2.5164°.

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From the Wikipedia article

116 Hospital Street (also 116 and 118 Hospital Street) is a substantial townhouse in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, located on the south side of Hospital Street (at SJ6548852178). It is listed at grade II. The present building, of Georgian appearance, incorporates an earlier timber-framed house, which probably dates in part from the 15th century. Local historian Jane Stevenson calls it "the most interesting house in Hospital Street", and considers it might be "the oldest surviving residence in Nantwich." Number 116 is one of a group of houses dating originally from the 15th and 16th centuries at the end of Hospital Street, which include Churche's Mansion, numbers 140–142 and The Rookery (number 125). These buildings survived the fire of 1583, which destroyed the town end of Hospital Street together with much of the centre of Nantwich. Number 116 is believed to stand near the site of the medieval Hospital of St Nicholas, which gives Hospital Street its name.

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Description

Number 116 is a large two-storey building with painted cement rendering under a tiled roof. The Hospital Street façade has two shallow projecting end wings with hip ends projecting from the main roof. The fireplace in the south chamber of the parlour wing is particularly fine, according to Lake. There is an intact roof truss, and the main roof timbers meet vertically underneath the roof purlin, which Lake considers characteristic of Cheshire timber framing of the 15th century. Traces of internal decoration survive, with red ochre on the roof timbers contrasting with white limewash on the wattle and daub panels of the roof truss.

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Coordinates
53.0658, -2.5164
Parish
Nantwich
Postcode
CW5 5RU
Parliamentary constituency
Crewe and Nantwich
Nearest railway station
Nantwich0.3 km

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Frequently asked questions

Where is 116 Hospital Street, Nantwich?
116 Hospital Street, Nantwich is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode CW5 5RU), in the parish of Nantwich.
Is 116 Hospital Street, Nantwich a listed building?
116 Hospital Street, Nantwich is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
How do I get to 116 Hospital Street, Nantwich?
The nearest railway station is Nantwich, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CW5 5RU.