Part of City Wall From Bridgegate to County Hall (Not Included)
PART OF CITY WALL FROM BRIDGEGATE TO COUNTY HALL (NOT INCLUDED), CITY WALLS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1376173
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Part of City Wall From Bridgegate to County Hall (Not Included)
- Statutory Address:
- PART OF CITY WALL FROM BRIDGEGATE TO COUNTY HALL (NOT INCLUDED), CITY WALLS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1376173
- Date first listed:
- 28-Jul-1955
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 06-Aug-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Part of City Wall From Bridgegate to County Hall (Not Included)
- Statutory Address 1:
- PART OF CITY WALL FROM BRIDGEGATE TO COUNTY HALL (NOT INCLUDED), CITY WALLS
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.
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 FROM BRIDGEGATE TO COUNTY HALL (NOT INCLUDED), 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 40653 65815
Details
CHESTER CITY (IM)
SJ4065NE CITY WALLS 595-1/6/128 Part of City Wall from Bridgegate to 28/07/55 County Hall (not included) (Formerly Listed as: City Walls & Towers incl. foundations of SE angle Roman Fortress wall & tower)
GV II*
A length of wall approx 70m long carrying the wall walk from the Bridgegate (qv) down to pavement level south-east of County Hall (not included). Late C11 to early C12; converted to a raised promenade 1702-8, altered on demolition of the former fortified gateway and C17 water-supply tower for the building of the present Bridgegate; 1781 by Joseph Turner for the City Corporation and realigned 1830s by the Council of the County Palatine of Chester for improvement of land adjoining the County Gaol. Coursed red sandstone, simply detailed. (Bartholomew City Guides: Collens J: Chester City: 1979-: 134).
Listing NGR: SJ4065365815
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 470167
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Harris, B, Bartholomew City Guides in Chester, (1979), 134
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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