Wall and Railings to Access from St Marys Hill to Castle Square is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1998. Wall and railing.
Wall and Railings to Access from St Marys Hill to Castle Square
- WRENN ID
- wild-cornice-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1998
- Type
- Wall and railing
- Address
- Wall and Railings to Access from St Marys Hill to Castle Square, Chester Castle
- OS grid reference
- SJ 405 658
- Coordinates
- 53.18644, -2.89166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall and railings provide access from St Mary's Hill to Castle Square and were built in 1804 by Thomas Harrison as the eastern entrance to his Shire Hall. The structure features a retaining wall, with the western part made of rock-faced red sandstone and the eastern part constructed from ashlar. There is a stone plinth supporting the iron railing, which includes an attached bottom rail, square bars, and a double top rail connected by roundels. The eastern terminal is topped with a pineapple finial, which was found to be damaged during inspection.
Local climate
Wall and Railings to Access from St Marys Hill to Castle Square 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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