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Latitude: 53.1906 / 53°11'26"N
Longitude: -2.8826 / 2°52'57"W
OS Eastings: 341126
OS Northings: 366312
OS Grid: SJ411663
Mapcode National: GBR 7B.2VPX
Mapcode Global: WH88F.P2JB
Plus Code: 9C5V54R8+7X
Entry Name: Park Wall Between Main Gateway and St Augustines Convent (Convent Not Included)
Listing Date: 10 January 1972
Last Amended: 23 July 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1375831
English Heritage Legacy ID: 469810
Also known as: Park wall between main Gateway & St Augustine's Convent
ID on this website: 101375831
Location: Grosvenor Park, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, CH1
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Electoral Ward/Division: Chester City
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Chester
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Chester St John the Baptist
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Wall
CHESTER CITY (EM)
SJ4166 GROSVENOR PARK
1932-1/6/131 (North side)
10/01/72 Park wall between main Gateway & St
Augustine's Convent (convent not
included)
(Formerly Listed as:
GROSVENOR PARK
Boundary Wall round Grosvenor Park)
GV II
Part of boundary wall of Grosvenor Park, to Union Street,
between Main gateway to park (qv) and St Augustine's Convent
(not included), with gate piers. 1865-1867. By John Douglas at
expense of 2nd Marquis of Westminster. For Chester City
Council. Squared snecked sandstone rubble and granite. Plinth
with replaced railings opposite lodge (qv); wall 2 metres high
to lodge yard with oak boarded door on ornate hinges in
stop-chamfered opening with lintel on brackets; replaced
railings on weathered plinth as far as gateway opposite Bath
Street; pair of granite piers diminishing to octagonal
section, with twice weathered caps; the wall continues, with
minor openings, to the curtilage of St Augustine's Convent.
(Chester City Council and Committee: Park Committee Minutes:
1865-1867: PASSIM; Hubbard E: The Work of John Douglas:
London: 1991-: 28; 46-48).
Listing NGR: SJ4112666312
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