Retaining Wall to Bank of River Dee Opposite County Hall (Not Included) is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1998. Retaining wall. 1 related planning application.
Retaining Wall to Bank of River Dee Opposite County Hall (Not Included)
- WRENN ID
- silent-parapet-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1998
- Type
- Retaining wall
- Address
- Retaining Wall to Bank of River Dee Opposite County Hall (Not Included), Castle Drive, Chester Castle
- OS grid reference
- SJ 406 657
- Coordinates
- 53.18555, -2.89016
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining wall to the bank of the River Dee opposite County Hall was built around 1830 and is made of coursed sandstone. The wall features a parapet and has approximately 15 courses on its south face, which faces the tidal River Dee, capped by a roll-mould. The ground to the north of the wall is level with the mould. The parapet consists of stone slabs that are about one metre wide and one metre high, joined with iron and some iron cramps. It is believed that the wall was constructed by the Council of the County Palatine of Chester when they acquired the land between the County gaol and the river around 1830. The eastern section of the wall was modified around 1913 as part of the construction of the City Council's hydro-electric station.
Local climate
Retaining Wall to Bank of River Dee Opposite County Hall (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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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