Curtain Wall to South of Inner Bailey is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1967. Fortification.

Curtain Wall to South of Inner Bailey

WRENN ID
ragged-buttress-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 June 1967
Type
Fortification
Address
Curtain Wall to South of Inner Bailey, Chester Castle
OS grid reference
SJ 404 657
Coordinates
53.18505, -2.89254
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The curtain wall to the south of the Inner Bailey at Chester Castle is dated 1786, as indicated by a datestone. It is constructed from Bunter sandstone ashlar and features a central wall that faces south, with lateral walls oriented towards the south-south-west and south-south-east. The south front has battered walls with raised rusticated quoins at the corners and a large roll moulding below a battlemented parapet, which is topped with a moulded offset coping. The datestone is located at the center of the south-south-western wall. At the rear, there is a raised walkway with a stone-flagged and tarmacadam surface set on brick walling. The western and south-western sections of the curtain wall connect to the left, while the eastern wall is to the right.

Local climate

Curtain Wall to South of Inner Bailey 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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