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{{Infobox Historic Site | name = Pied Bull Hotel| native_name = | image = The Pied Bull, Chester.jpg| image_size = 200| caption = Pied Bull Hotel| locmapin = Cheshire| map_width = 250| map_caption = Location in Cheshire| alt =
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| location = 57 Northgate Street, [[Chester]], [[Cheshire]], England| gbgridref = SJ 404 666| area = | elevation = | formed = | founded = | built = 17th century| built_for = | demolished = | rebuilt = | restored = | restored_by = | architect = | architecture = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = | designation1 = Grade II*| designation1_offname = | designation1_type = | designation1_criteria = | designation1_date = 28 July 1955| delisted1_date = | designation1_parent = | designation1_number = 1376356| designation1_free1name = | designation1_free1value = | designation1_free2name = | designation1_free2value = | designation1_free3name = | designation1_free3value = | designation2 = | designation2_offname = | designation2_type = | designation2_criteria = | designation2_date = | delisted2_date = | designation2_parent = | designation2_number = | designation2_free1name = | designation2_free1value = | designation2_free2name = | designation2_free2value = | designation2_free3name = | designation2_free3value = }}
The '''Pied Bull Hotel''' is located at 57 Northgate Street, on the corner of King Street, [[Chester]], [[Cheshire]], England.  It is recorded in the [[National Heritage List for England]] as a designated Grade&nbsp;II* [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed building]].<ref name=nhl>{{NHLE |num= 1376356|desc= The Pied Bull Hotel, Chester|accessdate= 31 October 2011|mode=cs2}}</ref>
==History==
The building dates from the 17th&nbsp;century, probably in the site of two [[England in the Middle Ages|medieval]] [[tenement]]s.  It was partly refronted in the later part of the 17th&nbsp;century, and extended to the rear in the 19th&nbsp;century.<ref name=nhl/>  It is thought to be the Chester inn described by [[George Borrow]] in ''[[Wild Wales]]''.<ref name=nhl/><ref name=lang>{{Citation |editor1-last= Langtree|editor1-first= Stephen|editor2-last= Comyns|editor2-first= Alan| year = 2001| title = 2000 Years of Building: Chester's Architectural Legacy| publication-place = Chester| publisher = Chester Civic Trust| page = 94| isbn = 0-9540152-0-7}}</ref>
==Architecture==
The hotel is constructed in brick, with some [[sandstone]] and [[timber framing]], and has grey [[slate]] roofs.  It is in three storeys with cellars.  On the Northgate Street side of the building is a three-arched [[arcade (architecture)|arcade]], above which are two storeys in [[Flemish bond]] brick.  The rear face to the arcade is timber framed and includes an entrance containing a 17th-century door, with a slightly [[bay window|bayed window]] on each side.  On the corners of the building are sandstone [[quoin (architecture)|quoins]].  In the upper two storeys are [[sash window]]s, and at the top is a plain stone [[coping (architecture)|coped]] [[parapet]].<ref name=nhl/>
Most of the historical features have been removed from the interior.  The features retained include a large sandstone fireplace in the front room, which dates probably from the early or mid-17th&nbsp;century, and the 17th-century carved oak staircase.<ref name=lang/>
==See also==
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*[[Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester]]
==References==
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[[Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Chester]]
[[Category:Hotels in Cheshire]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Chester]]
[[Category:Timber framed buildings in Cheshire]]
[[Category:Medieval architecture]]