South East Angle Tower and Wall of Roman Legionary Fortress is a Grade I listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1972. Fortress wall.
South East Angle Tower and Wall of Roman Legionary Fortress
- WRENN ID
- solitary-shingle-summer
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1972
- Type
- Fortress wall
- Address
- South East Angle Tower and Wall of Roman Legionary Fortress, City Walls
- OS grid reference
- SJ 407 661
- Coordinates
- 53.18928, -2.88818
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The south-east angle tower and wall of the Roman Legionary Fortress in Chester date from the late 1st century to early 2nd century. Constructed from purple-grey ashlar sandstone, the base of the former tower is trapezoidal in shape. Visible features include parts of a base-course, two weathered plinth-courses, and sections of an ashlar facing course above, with a rubble core and parts of the coursed rubble inner face extending slightly higher. The outer face is segmental in plan to match the quadrant corner of the former fortress wall. Additionally, parts of the foundations of an adjoining chamber within the former wall-line to the west of the tower can be seen. The remains of the tower and the adjacent fragment of the Roman wall were built at the same time and are bonded together.
Local climate
South East Angle Tower and Wall of Roman Legionary Fortress 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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