Barnabys Tower 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.

Barnabys Tower

WRENN ID
silver-hammer-dawn
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 595-1/6/122 Barnaby's Tower 28/07/55 (Formerly Listed as: City Walls & Towers incl. foundations of SE angle Roman Fortress wall & tower)

GV I

Tower at south-east corner of City Walls. Probably C13, damaged 1644-6 during the Civil War, converted to feature of the raised promenade of the wall walk 1702-8 and repaired during various periods. Coursed red sandstone rubble. The bastion forms a 3-sided projection from the wall, its platform level with the wall-walk. There is no evidence of any chamber beneath that level. There is mock-crenellation; the tower level and parapet were altered at the expense of Councillor Charles Brown 1879-80. The tower stands on an outcrop of red sandstone. (Cheshire Sites and Monuments Record: Collens J: Chester City: 3007/2/14; Improvement Committee Minutes: Chester City Council: 3/9/1879: 1879-).

Listing NGR: SJ4079465987

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