Historic houses · North Wales
Dee Hills House
Dee Hills House — grade II listed house in Chester, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway · 0.3 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Dee Hills House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Built in the Neoclassical architecture style. Heritage designation: Grade II listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "grade II listed house in Chester, UK". Coordinates: 53.1918°, -2.8767°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Dee (England) SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Dee Hills House is in Dee Hills Park, Chester, Cheshire, England.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
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.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.1918, -2.8767
- District
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Parish
- Cheshire West and Chester, unparished area
- Postcode
- CH3 5BA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chester North and Neston
- Nearest railway station
- Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway — 0.3 km
- Official site
- historicengland.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5249914 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dee Hills House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dee Hills House?
- Dee Hills House is in North Wales, United Kingdom (postcode CH3 5BA), in the parish of Cheshire West and Chester, unparished area.
- Is Dee Hills House a listed building?
- Dee Hills House is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- Is Dee Hills House a protected site?
- Yes — Dee Hills House is part of the River Dee (England) SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Dee Hills House?
- The nearest railway station is Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway, about 0.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CH3 5BA.