The Bridgegate is a Grade I listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1955. Archway. 1 related planning application.
The Bridgegate
- WRENN ID
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- 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 Bridgegate, Lower Bridge Street, CH1 1SA
- OS grid reference
- SJ 406 658
- Coordinates
- 53.18625, -2.88926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bridgegate is an archway built between 1781 and 1782 by Joseph Turner for the Chester City Corporation, replacing a former city gatehouse. Constructed of yellow sandstone ashlar, it is designed in a classical style. The main feature is a segmental arch spanning the carriageway, with a smaller round archway for pedestrians incorporated into each of the projecting abutments. The stonework features chamfered rustication below the impost level and in the arch reveals and intrados.
Recessed panels above each pedestrian arch bear inscriptions. On the north face of the east arch is inscribed "The old Gate having been long inconvenient was taken down A.D. MDCCLXXXI JOSEPH SNOW Esquire Mayor THOMAS AMERY : HENRY HEGG Treasurers.” On the north face of the west arch: “This Gate was begun April MDCCLXXXII PATTISON ELLAMES Esquire Mayor and finished December the same Year THOMAS PATTON Esquire Mayor THOMAS COTGREAVE Esquire HENRY HESKETH Esquire Murengers. Joseph Turner Architect." The south face of the west arch is carved with a fasces, while the south face of the east arch displays a carved balance. The structure is completed by balustraded parapets.
Joseph Turner was also the architect of the Watergate, built in 1788. Records from the Chester City Assembly Books document the building's construction between 1781 and 1782.
Local climate
The Bridgegate 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
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