Part of City Wall from County Hall (Not Included) to Grosvenor Road is a Grade I listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1955. A Medieval City wall.
Part of City Wall from County Hall (Not Included) to Grosvenor Road
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-pillar-pine
- 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
- City wall
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Part of City Wall from County Hall (Not Included) to Grosvenor Road, City Walls
- OS grid reference
- SJ 404 656
- Coordinates
- 53.18472, -2.89291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This section of the City Wall in Chester dates from the late 11th century to the early 12th century. It was converted into a raised promenade between 1702 and 1708 and realigned in the early 19th century to accommodate the former county gaol, which is now the site of County Hall. The wall is constructed from red coursed sandstone rubble and is approximately 500 meters long. It includes the south-west angle, where the wall-walk was realigned south for an additional 50 meters. This section is supported on 11 arches that decrease in height as they slope down to ground level. At the south-west angle, the wall is built on outcropping sandstone and features buttresses. Midway between the angle and Grosvenor Road, there is a round-arched opening from 1885 with double wrought-iron gates. The ground level on the inner side of the wall is close to the level of the Row walk, while the outer face of the wall, where it is not banked against, is up to 19 courses below the parapet.
Local climate
Part of City Wall from County Hall (Not Included) to Grosvenor Road 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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