Description

CHESTER CITY (IM)

SJ4065NE CITY WALLS
595-1/6/124 Recorders Steps
28/07/55
(Formerly Listed as:
City Walls & Towers incl.
foundations of SE angle Roman
Fortress wall & tower)

GV I

Stone steps in 2 offset flights of 12 and 15 steps, from the
City Walls to the Groves. 1820-22. For Chester Corporation.
The lower flight is separated from the wall by a strip of
Gothick stonework. A plaque probably 1881, set into the wall,
erroneously dated, is inscribed RECORDER'S STEPS Erected by
the Corporation of this City A.D.1700 for the Convenience of
ROGER COMBERBACH, Recorder.
A boarded door in probably late C19 ashlar archway through the
wall near the drum tower (qv), west, is inscribed EDGAR HOUSE.
(Bartholomew City Guides: Harris B: Chester: Edinburgh: 1979-:
149).

Listing NGR: SJ4077065921

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Recorder's Steps at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7302890

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