Historic houses · North Wales
Dee House
Dee House — grade II listed former convent school in Chester, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway · 0.5 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Dee House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Designed by Edmund Kirby. Built in the Georgian architecture style. Heritage designation: Grade II listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "grade II listed former convent school in Chester, UK". Coordinates: 53.1888°, -2.8872°.
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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 House is in Little John Street, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. The house is built on the southern part of the site of Chester Amphitheatre.
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Background
History
Dee House was built in about 1730 as a town house for John Comberbach, a former mayor of Chester. Extensions were made in the 1740s to the south and southwest, giving the house an L-shaped plan. It continued in use as a private residence until about 1850, when it was sold to the Church of England. In 1854 it passed to the Faithful Companions of Jesus, a religious institute of the Roman Catholic Church, who used it as a convent school. They added a wing to the east, which incorporated in its ground floor a chapel designed by Edmund Kirby. The chapel is in Gothic Revival style, in contrast to the rest of the building in Georgian style. A west wing in Neo-Georgian style was added in about…
Architecture
The building is constructed in brick with stone dressings, and has slate roofs. Its plan consists of a central block and two wings. The central block is in Georgian style, the west wing is Neo-Georgian, and the east wing, which incorporates the chapel, is Gothic Revival. The windows in the central block and the west wing are sashes, and those in east wing are lancets. The slates on the roof of the east wing are in grey and purple bands. On the apex of the roof of this wing is a cross finial.
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- Coordinates
- 53.1888, -2.8872
- District
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Parish
- Cheshire West and Chester, unparished area
- Postcode
- CH1 1SN
- Parliamentary constituency
- Chester North and Neston
- Nearest railway station
- Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway — 0.5 km
- Official site
- sicktodeath.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q5249917 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dee House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Dee House.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dee House?
- Dee House is in North Wales, United Kingdom (postcode CH1 1SN), in the parish of Cheshire West and Chester, unparished area.
- Is Dee House a listed building?
- Dee House is officially recognised as Grade II listed building listed.
- Is Dee House a protected site?
- Yes — Dee House is part of the River Dee (England) SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Dee House?
- The nearest railway station is Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CH1 1SN.