Artillery Stores Below The Eastern Wall Of Inner Bailey

The Artillery Stores below the eastern wall of the Inner Bailey at Chester Castle are now used as County Council stores. Built in the mid-19th century, the structure is made of Bunter sandstone rusticated ashlar and consists of single and two-storey sections. The eastern front features gun stores on the left with five arched entrances that have ashlar voussoirs supporting flat-topped arches. Above each arch, there are later low recessed walls with metal window frames. The first floor has five sash windows arranged in a 4 x 4 pane configuration, with the central window being wider and originally serving as a loft door. To the left, there is a recessed single bay with sash windows of 4 x 6 panes on the first floor and a 2-light casement window on the ground floor. Further left, a single-storey section has four bays with 2-light casement windows and a battlemented parapet. A 20th-century brick addition is located on the left side. To the right, there is a projecting gabled section featuring two ground floor double doorways with cambered arches and voussoirs, as well as a central round-arched hoist-door on the first floor, flanked by three 20th-century single-light windows. The gable is clad in 20th-century corrugated iron.