1–5 Pillory Street, Nantwich
1–5 Pillory Street is a large curved corner block in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, in the French Baroque architecture, French Baroque style of the late 17th century, which is listed at Listed building, grade II. It is located on the corner of Hospital Street, Nantwich, Hospital Street and Pillory Street (at ), and also includes 2 Hospital Street. Formerly known as Chesters' Stores, it was built in 1911 for the grocer's, P. H. Chesters, to a design by local architect, Ernest H. Edleston (1880–1964). The building has subsequently been used for a variety of retail and wholesale purposes, and it is currently a furniture store. It is the most recent listed building in Nantwich, as well as the only one dating from after the Victorian era, Victorian era. English Heritage describes the building in the listing as "a corner block of unusual design", and local historian Jane Stevenson calls it "flamboyant". Some contemporary observers likened the building, with its circular, porthole-like ...
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