CURTAIN WALL TO SOUTH OF INNER BAILEY
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II
List Entry Number: 1245539
Date first listed: 01-Jun-1967
Date of most recent amendment: 26-Feb-1985
Statutory Address: CURTAIN WALL TO SOUTH OF INNER BAILEY, INNER BAILEY
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Location
Statutory Address: CURTAIN WALL TO SOUTH OF INNER BAILEY, INNER BAILEY
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
Parish: Chester Castle
National Grid Reference: SJ4045465699
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
SJ 4065 NW
4/612
1.6.67
CHESTER CASTLE
INNER BAILEY
Curtain wall to south of Inner Bailey
(formerly listed as Curtain wall, earlier remains including Sallyport and Halfmoon Tower)
II
GV
Curtain wall. Dated 1786 on datestone. Bunter sandstone ashlar. South facing central
wall with lateral walls facing south-south-west and south-south-east. South front:
battered walls with raised rusticated quoins to corners and large-scale roll moulding
below battlemented parapet which has a moulded offset coping. The datestone is at the
centre of the south-south-western wall. Rear: raised walkway with stone-flagged and
tarmacadam surface on brick walling. Western and south-western curtain wall adjoins to
left (q.v.) and eastern wall at right (q.v.).
Source: Frank Simpson - "Chester Castle AD 907-1925". Journal of the Architectural,
Archaeological and Historic Society, Chester and North Wales.
New Series, Vol. XXVI, Part II.
Listing NGR: SJ 40454 65699
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 452995
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
'Journal of the Architectural Archaeological and Historic Society Chester and NWA' in The Architectural Archaeological and Historic Society , , Vol. 26, ()
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing