Dee House is one of the most controversial buildings in Chester. It is built on top of part of the amphitheatre, and some people want to knock it down so that the amphitheatre can be fully excavated. Others want to restore to the elegant Georgian building it once was. Time ticks on, and the building falls into greater and greater disrepair, including having caught fire in the fairly recent past. It is owned by the Council, who, I guess, are hoping it will fall down of its' own accord and resolve the problem.
Built in 1730, it was originally a house for James Comberbach, a wealthy merchant and mayor of Chester, It has been lived in be a number of clerical occupants, including becoming an Ursuline Convent and girls' boarding school. Latterly it was used as a telephone exchange.
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