Old Newgate is a Grade II* listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1955. A Post-medieval Gateway.

Old Newgate

WRENN ID
stony-steel-rain
Grade
II*
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
Gateway
Period
Post-medieval
Address
Old Newgate, Pepper Street
OS grid reference
SJ 407 661
Coordinates
53.18915, -2.88829
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Newgate, also known as The Wolfgate, is a gateway through the City Wall in Chester, dating from the early 17th century. It is constructed of red sandstone and features a wrought-iron gate, side-screens, and an overthrow. The opening is basket-arched with rounded edges. Old Newgate is notable for being the earliest surviving post-medieval opening in the City Wall.

Local climate

Old Newgate 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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