Part of City Wall With Tower Base From Kaleyard Gate to Eastgate
PART OF CITY WALL WITH TOWER BASE FROM KALEYARD GATE TO EASTGATE, CITY WALLS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1376162
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Part of City Wall With Tower Base From Kaleyard Gate to Eastgate
- Statutory Address:
- PART OF CITY WALL WITH TOWER BASE FROM KALEYARD GATE TO EASTGATE, CITY WALLS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1376162
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-1955
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 06-Aug-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Part of City Wall With Tower Base From Kaleyard Gate to Eastgate
- Statutory Address 1:
- PART OF CITY WALL WITH TOWER BASE FROM KALEYARD GATE TO EASTGATE, CITY WALLS
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- PART OF CITY WALL WITH TOWER BASE FROM KALEYARD GATE TO EASTGATE, CITY WALLS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 40669 66492
Details
CHESTER CITY (IM)
SJ4066NE CITY WALLS 595-1/2/113 Part of City Wall with tower base 28/07/55 from Kaleyard Gate to Eastgate (Formerly Listed as: City Walls & Towers incl. foundations of SE angle Roman Fortress wall & tower)
GV I
Part of east wall of Roman legionary fortress and of medieval city. Late C1 to early C2 and late C11 to early C12, converted to a raised promenade 1702-8 and repaired in various periods. Purple-grey Roman ashlar masonry and softer red sandstone rubble, medieval and later. Roman masonry up to 4 courses high and 15m long forms the projecting base to the wall north of Kaleyard Gate (qv). Further south a portion of Roman masonry not closely accessible when inspected rises to a maximum of 6 courses standing a little proud of the medieval wall face. The internal face of the wall immediately south of Kaleyard Gate has a 5-metre run of continuous corbelling, formerly at the base of the inner timber palisade to the rampart, immediately below the wall-walk level. A ramp parallel with the wall leads up from Abbey Street, stone-paved and with red sandstone parapet with blocked opening of former doorway to Cathedral Close. Along the Close the wall has panels of iron rails between buttress-shaped piers. Steps down leading to Frodsham Street at the site of a drum tower of which the foundations are exposed, probably 1285-95. Modern stone steps south of the Cathedral bell-tower lead down to St Werburgh Street. The portion of wall in this item is approx 370m long and from 2-3m wide. Archaeological excavation in 1991 revealed the stone-faced outer ditch, to be built over. (Strickland TJ: Roman Chester: Chester: 1984-1986: PASSIM; Cheshire Sites and Monuments Record: Collens J: Chester City: 3000/1/18 & /2/10).
Listing NGR: SJ4066966492
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 470156
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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