Dee Hills House

Dee Hills House
Location in Cheshire
Location	Dee Hills Park, Chester, Cheshire, England
Coordinates	53°11′30″N2°52′36″W / 53.1918°N 2.8767°W / 53.1918; -2.8767
OS grid reference	SJ 415 664
Built	1814
Architect	Thomas Harrison
Architectural style	Neoclassical
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated	10 January 1972
Reference no.	1375763

Dee Hills House is in Dee Hills Park, Chester, Cheshire, England.

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. ^[1] It was designed by Thomas Harrison for Robert Baxter, and has since been altered and used as offices. ^{[2] [3]}

Architecture

The building is made up of two storeys with a three-bay garden projection with Ionic columns facing the River Dee. ^[2] The front entrance includes a Roman-styled Doric porch. The house's south front features a veranda with four Doric columns. ^[1]

See also

• Cheshire portal

• Grade II listed buildings in Chester (east)
• List of works by Thomas Harrison

References

Citations

1. Historic England, "Old Government House, Chester (1375763)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 21 November 2011
2. Hartwell et al. 2011, p. 281.
3. 'Topography 900-1914: Early modern and georgian, 1550-1840', in A History of the County of Chester: Volume 5 Part 1, the City of Chester: General History and Topography, ed. C P Lewis and A T Thacker (London, 2003), pp. 220-229. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/ches/vol5/pt1/pp220-229 [accessed 4 March 2020].

Sources

• Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Hubbard, Edward; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2011) [1971], Cheshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 281, ISBN   978-0-300-17043-6