Part of City Wall from Pembertons Parlour to St Martins Gate (Not Included) is a Grade I listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1955. A Late C11 to early C12 City wall.
Part of City Wall from Pembertons Parlour to St Martins Gate (Not Included)
- WRENN ID
- steep-groin-tallow
- 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
- City wall
- Address
- Part of City Wall from Pembertons Parlour to St Martins Gate (Not Included), City Walls
- OS grid reference
- SJ 401 665
- Coordinates
- 53.19309, -2.8969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This description pertains to a section of the City Wall in Chester, which dates from the late 11th century to the early 12th century. It was converted into a raised promenade between 1702 and 1708, with subsequent repairs made over time. The wall is constructed from red coursed rubble sandstone. Approximately 1 meter north of the outer face of the wall, there is a retaining wall made of large red sandstone blocks, likely replacing an earth bank.
The south face of this section of the wall features a 15-meter length with five courses of large stones set back slightly from the adjoining lengths to the west and east. Below the wall walk, there is a continuous course of rounded corbels, which are believed to have supported a former inner timber palisade. This portion of the wall is approximately 80 meters long, and the wall walk is nearly 2 meters wide. It is important to note that St Martin's Gate, built in 1966 to bridge the gap created for the dual carriageway of the inner ring road, is not included in this listing.
Local climate
Part of City Wall from Pembertons Parlour to St Martins Gate (Not Included) 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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