Part of City Walls from Bridgegate to Drum Tower 50 Metres East is a Grade I listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1955. A C12 City walls.

Part of City Walls from Bridgegate to Drum Tower 50 Metres East

WRENN ID
twisted-keep-acorn
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 walls
Period
C12
OS grid reference
SJ 407 658
Coordinates
53.18637, -2.88884
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This section of the city walls in Chester, extending approximately 50 meters east from Bridgegate to the drum tower, dates from the late 11th century to the early 12th century. It was converted into a raised promenade between 1702 and 1708 and has undergone repairs and alterations at various times, including modifications made by Joseph Turner in 1782 near Bridgegate and Lower Bridge Street. The walls are constructed from coursed red sandstone rubble. The ground level inside the wall is roughly at the same height as the wall walk, sloping down toward Lower Bridge Street to the east, while there is a drop of up to 7 meters on the outer side.

Local climate

Part of City Walls from Bridgegate to Drum Tower 50 Metres East 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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