Unnamed Drum Tower 50 Metres East Of The Bridgegate is a Grade I listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1955. A Medieval Tower.

Unnamed Drum Tower 50 Metres East Of The Bridgegate

WRENN ID: swift-soffit-meadow
Grade: I
Local Planning Authority: Cheshire West and Chester
Country: England
Date first listed: 28 July 1955
Type: Tower
Period: Medieval
Source: Historic England listing

Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4065NE CITY WALLS 595-1/6/125 Unnamed drum tower 50 metres east of 28/07/55 the Bridgegate (Formerly Listed as: City Walls & Towers incl. foundations of SE angle Roman Fortress wall & tower)

GV I

Outer half of former drum tower. Probably C13 converted to a raised promenade 1702-8 and repaired during various periods. Feeble C19 mock crenellation. Coursed red sandstone rubble. The tower projects as a semicircle south from the wall, with its platform at wall walk level; it was brought down to that level in 1876-7. (Improvement Committee Minutes: Chester City Council: 29/11/1876: 1876-).

Listing NGR: SJ4071365846

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