Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4065NE CITY WALLS
595-1/6/122 Barnaby's Tower
28/07/55
(Formerly Listed as:
City Walls & Towers incl.
foundations of SE angle Roman
Fortress wall & tower)

GV I

Tower at south-east corner of City Walls. Probably C13,
damaged 1644-6 during the Civil War, converted to feature of
the raised promenade of the wall walk 1702-8 and repaired
during various periods. Coursed red sandstone rubble. The
bastion forms a 3-sided projection from the wall, its platform
level with the wall-walk. There is no evidence of any chamber
beneath that level. There is mock-crenellation; the tower
level and parapet were altered at the expense of Councillor
Charles Brown 1879-80.
The tower stands on an outcrop of red sandstone.
(Cheshire Sites and Monuments Record: Collens J: Chester City:
3007/2/14; Improvement Committee Minutes: Chester City
Council: 3/9/1879: 1879-).

Listing NGR: SJ4079465987

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Barnaby's Tower at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q4861344

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)