Withey, M. and Menuge, A. (2016). Dee House, Little John Street, Chester: an investigation and assessment of the early 18th century house and 19th century Convent School. Fort Cumberland: Historic England. https://doi.org/10.5284/1040047. Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	Dee House, Little John Street, Chester: an investigation and assessment of the early 18th century house and 19th century Convent School
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DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1040047
Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book Publication Type:	Report (in Series)
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	Dee House was probably built for the Comberbach family, around 1730 for James Comberbach (d.1737), a former mayor and alderman of Chester, but over the years has served as a family residence, a convent school and a telephone exchange The basic plan of the 18th-century house is intact. It consisted of a double-pile main block with a five-bay north front and a service range projecting westwards (extended by one bay during the later 19th century) from the rear half of the main block. Built of brick with red sandstone details, the house is three storeys high with cellars under the northern half of the main block. The principal reception rooms were on the ground floor in the eastern half of the main block, with smaller rooms in the western half being placed on either side of the large stair hall. The latter was the only space to be lit only from one of the end walls, where opportunities for windows were restricted by the presence of chimney stacks. The service range was lit from both the north and the south but any evidence for original windows in its western end has been lost.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	M Withey Adam Menuge
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Historic England
Other Person/Org Other people or organisations for this publication or report Other Person/Org:	Historic England (OASIS Reviewer) Cheshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2016
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	Site: Dee House, Little John Street Parish: CHESTER District: Cheshire West and Chester County: Cheshire Country: England Location - Auto Detected: Chester Location - Auto Detected: House Little John Street Chester Grid Reference: 340819, 366112 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods Subjects / Periods associated with this record. Subjects / Periods:	UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) N/A (Find) POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CHAPEL (Monument Type England) POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) CONVENT SCHOOL (Monument Type England) POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HOUSE (Monument Type England) Early 18th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) BUILDING SURVEY (Event) 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) Later 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal)
Identifiers Identifiers associated with the publication. These might include DOIs, site codes, Monument Identifiers etc. Identifiers:	OASIS Id: englishh2-262634
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Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered Created Date:	28 Nov 2016

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