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
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1955
- Type
- Tower
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Barnabys Tower, City Walls
- OS grid reference
- SJ 407 659
- Coordinates
- 53.18768, -2.88751
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Barnaby's Tower is a Grade I listed structure located at the south-east corner of the City Walls in Chester. Likely built in the 13th century, it suffered damage during the Civil War from 1644 to 1646. The tower was later converted into a feature of the raised promenade of the wall walk between 1702 and 1708 and has undergone various repairs since then. It is constructed from coursed red sandstone rubble. The bastion projects three sides from the wall, with its platform level matching that of the wall-walk, and there is no evidence of any chamber beneath this level. The tower features mock-crenellation, and its level and parapet were modified at the expense of Councillor Charles Brown between 1879 and 1880. The tower is situated on an outcrop of red sandstone.
Local climate
Barnabys Tower 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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