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to 1260–80. At the level of the Row, a 13th-century oak doorway remains from the medieval hall. In the storey above the Row is the 18th-century assembly room which measures 16m by 10m and stretches across the full width of the building. The room is panelled and has a fireplace against the east
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style, but behind this much of the medieval fabric was retained. The frontage was angled into the street so that the house could be seen better from
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and two storeys. Behind the frontage is medieval stonework and timber; the roof is of grey slates. At the street (
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wall. Elsewhere the medieval details of rooms has been obscured by modern additions.
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At a time when buildings elsewhere in the town had enclosed their portion of the
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for the town's social functions. Subsequently, it has been used as an
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rebuilt two medieval houses as his town house. He built a frontage in
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Nos.28-34 (even) Street and Nos.28 & 30 Row (Booth Mansion)
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Grade I listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester
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Chester
Cheshire
53°11′24″N 2°53′35″W / 53.19011°N 2.89295°W / 53.19011; -2.89295
OS grid reference
SJ 404 662
George Booth
Georgian
Listed Building
Booth Mansion is located in Cheshire
town house
Chester
Cheshire
Chester Rows
National Heritage List for England
listed building
English Heritage Archive
Georgian
medieval
George Booth
Georgian
Chester Cross
assembly rooms
auction
solicitors
Rows
quoins
bays
undercroft
piers

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