The Plumbers Arms Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1972. Public house. 3 related planning applications.

The Plumbers Arms Public House

WRENN ID
mired-slate-holly
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
Public house
Address
The Plumbers Arms Public House, 21, Newgate Street, CH1 1DE
OS grid reference
SJ 407 662
Coordinates
53.18964, -2.88846
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Plumbers Arms Public House is a public house that likely dates from the late 18th century and has been altered. It is roughcast with a grey slate roof that has a ridge at a right angle to the front. The building has three storeys and consists of one bay. The early 20th-century front on the first storey features timber framing with patterned brick panels and a window with leaded panes. The upper part of the framed and boarded door also has leaded glazing, along with an overlight. There are four timber pilasters with recessed panels and a dentil cornice. The second and third storeys each have a central recessed 12-pane sash window in a timber case, with the window on the third storey being shorter. A panel on the face of the parapet is inscribed "THE PLUMBERS' ARMS" in recessed Roman capitals. There are two lateral chimneys on the south side. The rear of the building is constructed of Flemish bond brown brick and features a one-storey flat-roofed extension, a replaced casement window, and an inserted wide metal window on the second storey. The third storey has a 16-pane recessed sash window with a painted stone sill and wedge lintel, and the eaves are flush. Inside, the layout retains the plan of a small-roomed public house, but there are no visible features of special interest.

Local climate

The Plumbers Arms Public House 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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