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St. Werburgh Street 10-12

Saint Werburgh, Queen Victoria and the Norman Earls of Chester

Description

The east side of Werburgh Street has a range of half-timbered houses, designed by the architect John Douglas in 1895-97. He had bought the entire length of the east side of the street for his plan to create a series of buildings in a unified architectural design. A few of these have sculptures, no. 10-12, and no. 2-4.

No. 10: St. Werburgh, a monk and a priest

Chester - Saint Werburgh, Queen Victoria and the Norman Earls of Chester
St. Werburgh (c. 650 - 699/700), Anglo-Saxon princess, patron saint of Chester (Wikipedia).

No. 11: Queen Victoria and two Earls of Chester

Chester - Saint Werburgh, Queen Victoria and the Norman Earls of Chester
Hugh d'Avranches (c. 1047-1101), 1st Earl of Chester of the 2nd creation (Wikipedia - Chesterwiki).
Queen Victoria (London 1819 - Osborne House 1901), Queen of Great-Britain, 1837-1901 (Wikipedia).
John of Scotland (John Canmore) (c. 1207-1237), 1st Earl of Chester of the 3rd creation (Wikipedia - Chesterwiki).

Sculptor

John Douglas (Sandiway, Cheshire 1830 - Chester 1911), English architect (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, 2–18 St Werburgh Street, Chester.
Historic England, Number 35 Street.
Cheshire Observer, 18 December 1897 (British Newspaper Archive).
Curiouser and Curiouser: Tales from Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, John Douglas - Chimneys and Chester .

Locatie (N 53°11'28" - W 2°53'23") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbnw135; Photograph: 25 June 2023
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