The Newgate is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1955. Archway. 4 related planning applications.

The Newgate

WRENN ID
half-shingle-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 July 1955
Type
Archway
Address
The Newgate, Pepper Street
OS grid reference
SJ 407 661
Coordinates
53.18904, -2.88819
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Newgate is an archway that replaces a former gateway in the City Wall, located over Pepper Street in Chester. It was built between 1937 and 1938 by architects Sir Walter Tapper and Michael Tapper. Constructed from red sandstone, the Newgate is designed to provide ample width and headroom for the busy street. It features a large, steeply-curved segmental archway, flanked by two battered towers that have mock loops and hipped roofs made of solid stone. A wall walk can be accessed by a flight of steps from each tower, leading to the level above the archway. The archway's soffit is adorned with rendered panels set between three ribs, and it is decorated with armorial shields and Tudor roses. Additionally, a stone stair in the south tower leads down to Park Street.

Local climate

The Newgate 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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