Listed Building: BARNABYS TOWER (1376168)

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