Retaining Walls and Railing of Semi Circular Forecourt is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1967. Walls, railing. 2 related planning applications.
Retaining Walls and Railing of Semi Circular Forecourt
- WRENN ID
- fallen-kitchen-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire West and Chester
- Constituency
- Chester North and Neston MP: Samantha Dixon (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 June 1967
- Type
- Walls, railing
- Address
- Retaining Walls and Railing of Semi Circular Forecourt, Castle Square, Chester Castle
- OS grid reference
- SJ 404 658
- Coordinates
- 53.18597, -2.89333
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The retaining walls and railing of the semi-circular forecourt were built between 1811 and 1813 by Thomas Harrison of Chester. Constructed from ashlar and cast iron, the structure features two quarter-circular walls with spurs to the north and east, creating a semi-circular enclosure in front of 'B' block. The battered retaining wall has a roll moulding below the top. There are rectangular piers with mouldings beneath their tops. The cast iron railing panels consist of three rectangles each, arranged in an imposed cross pattern.
Local climate
Retaining Walls and Railing of Semi Circular Forecourt 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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