Number 16 West Wing is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1972. Warehouse.
Number 16 West Wing
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-barrel-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1972
- Type
- Warehouse
- Address
- Number 16 West Wing, Castle Street, CH1 2DS
- OS grid reference
- SJ 405 659
- Coordinates
- 53.18709, -2.89155
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 16 West Wing is a warehouse, now functioning as an office, located on Castle Street in Chester. It was likely built in the 18th century and features a rendered exterior with a grey slate roof that has a gable at the front. The building has a cellar and three storeys, presenting a symmetrical façade.
The front is lined with projecting quoins on both the east and west sides, which are of equal width. There are floor bands marking the second and third storeys. The cellar has a low opening that has been narrowed, with the original width indicated by the length of the timber lintel above.
The central loading bay is notable for its double doors on each storey, which are divided and now feature framed and boarded lower leaves with glazed upper leaves; the first and second storeys have eight panes, while the third storey has four panes. Each pair of loading doors is flanked by recessed sashes, with 15 panes on the first storey, 20 panes on the second storey, and four panes on the third storey, all set on boldly projecting stone sills. The gable is finished with painted brick coping. The interior could not be inspected.
Local climate
Number 16 West Wing receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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