Bandstand is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1972. Bandstand. 1 related planning application.

Bandstand

WRENN ID
ancient-casement-wren
Grade
II
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
Bandstand
Address
Bandstand, the Groves, CH1 1SD
OS grid reference
SJ 409 660
Coordinates
53.18795, -2.8853
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bandstand, built around 1880, was funded by Charles Brown of the department store Browns of Chester. It is constructed from yellow sandstone and cast iron, topped with a grey slate roof. The structure is octagonal in shape and features an ashlar plinth. The cast-iron plinth is decorated with wavy bars and ornamental panels inspired by 17th-century design. It is supported by eight slender moulded cast-iron columns and has ornate brackets. The ceiling is boarded, and the hipped roof is finished with an ornate cast-iron finial. The plinth includes a store-room with a covered door but no windows.

Local climate

Bandstand 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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