The Northgate is a Grade I listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1955. A 1810 Archway. 1 related planning application.
The Northgate
- WRENN ID
- dim-chimney-crow
- 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
- Archway
- Address
- The Northgate, Northgate Street and Row, CH1 2HQ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 404 666
- Coordinates
- 53.19381, -2.89337
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Northgate is an archway that carries the footpath of the City Walls over Northgate Street in Chester. It was built in 1810 by Thomas Harrison to replace the former medieval Gatehouse, commissioned by the City Council. The structure is made of pale red sandstone ashlar and features a segmental arch with a coffered soffit that spans the carriageway. On either side of the arch, there are rectangular portals for pedestrians, each corner adorned with an attached unfluted Greek Doric column. A dentilled cornice supports a panelled parapet on each side of the Walls footpath. The broad central panel of the north parapet is inscribed with the following text: "INCHOATA GUIELMO NEWELL ARM. MAI. A.D. MDCCCVIII: PERFECTA THOMA GROSVENOR ARM. MAI. A.D. MDCCCX: THOMA HARRISON ARCHITECTO." The north parapet also bears an inscription that reads: "PROTAM SEPTENTRIONALEM SUBSTRUCTAM A ROMANE VETUSTATE JAM DILAPSURAM: COMES GROSVENOR A.R. GEORGII TERTII LI." The adjacent City Wall parapets are slightly lower and curve upwards to meet the abutments of the Northgate.
Local climate
The Northgate 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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