Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4065NW CITY WALLS
595-1/5/129 Part of City Wall from County Hall
28/07/55 (not included) to Grosvenor Road
(Formerly Listed as:
City Walls & Towers incl.
foundations of SE angle Roman
Fortress wall & tower)

GV I

Length of City Wall. Late C11 to early C12, converted to a
raised promenade 1702-8 and realigned early C19 adjoining the
former gaol, the site now of County Hall (not included);
repaired during various periods. Red coursed sandstone rubble.
Approx 500m long, this portion of the medieval City Walls
includes the south-west angle; the wall-walk was realigned
south for a further 50m to accommodate the former county gaol,
where the walk is supported on 11 arches diminishing in height
as it slopes down to ground level. At the south-west angle the
wall stands on outcropping sandstone, and has buttresses. Half
way between the angle and Grosvenor Road is a round-arched
opening, 1885, with double wrought-iron gates.
Ground level on the inner side of the wall is close to the
level of the Row walk. On its outer face the wall, where not
banked against, is up to 19 courses below parapet.

Listing NGR: SJ4042965662

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17528428

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Recommended Books

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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)