Venue Type & Location
Private Residence
Site Name: Dean's House
Location: Chester
County: Cheshire
Location Type: Town - in town at determined location
Overview
Little is known of the first dean's house built in the mid-16th c. on the site of the former chapel of St Thomas located in the abbey precinct. The late 18th c. bishop's house on the NE corner of Abbey Square was built on the same site.
Performance History
The Earl of Essex's players visited to perform in the dean's house in 1583 but were apparently disappointed, though they received a payment.
Current Status
Demolished.
Website
History of the Venue
ca. 1573 Dean's house of wattle and daub with a thatched roof mentioned in Dean and Chapter accounts (Burne, Chester Cathedral 51).
ca. 1661 House renovated by Henry Bridgeman (Burne, Chester Cathedral 130). 1764 Dean's house relocated to Abbey Street.
Record Source
REED Cheshire including Chester 1.193
Patrons who owned this venue
[No data found.]
Bibliographic Sources
- Burne, R.V.H. Chester Cathedral: From its Founding by Henry VIII to the Accession of Queen Victoria. London: SPCK, 1958
- Harris, B.E., C.P. Lewis, and A.T. Thacker. The Victoria History of the County of Chester. 5 vols. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1979--2005
- Harris, Brian. Chester. Edinburgh and London: John Bartholomew & Son, 1979
- Hemingway, Joseph. History of the City of Chester. 2 vols. Chester: J. Fletcher, 1831