Monument record 10659 - Late Eighteenth Century 'Hall', St Werburgh Street

In 1755 Charles Boswell acquired a lease (in addition to one held for the north side of Abbey Square) at the south end of the cathedral precinct immediately west of St Nicholas’ Chapel, by then a wool hall, on which he built a linen hall (3). This Lining Hall is also depicted on Lavaux’s 1745 plan of the city, and an 1854 illustration by Romney depicts a low wall extending southwards from the south transept and a small building on the west side of the wall. Note that recent excavations in this specific area (ECH5204, Trench 2) identified eighteenth century surfaces which may be related to this hall (1, 2).

<1> Oxford Archaeology North, 2011, Chester Cathedral Quarter, Chester. Revised Evaluation Report (Client Report). SCH6658.

<2> Oxford Archaeology North, 2010, The archaeological investigation of the south side of Chester Cathedral (Unpublished Report). SCH6536.

<3> Lewis C.P & Thacker A.T. (eds), 2005, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume Vii, The City of Chester - The City of Chester, Culture, Buildings, Institutions (Book). SCH6522.

<4> de Lavaux, A, 1745, Plan of the City and Castle of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH5255.