Monument record 10903 - Seventeenth Century Mint, Chester Castle

Between 1696 – 1698, Frobisher's House (CHER 10875/2) was converted into a Royal Mint for the English recoinage of 1696 (1 - 7). The Frobisher’s House which still stands to the rear of the Half Moon Tower may be the original store keeper’s house. A standing building survey undertaken in 1982 has shown parts of this house still have late-seventeenth century upstanding remains that were revamped in the early-nineteenth century (5, 7).

<1> Cox, E W, 1895, Chester Castle, Cox E W 1895 5/239-276 (Article in Journal). SCH5599.

<2> Simpson F, 1925, Chester Castle, A.D. 907-1925, 26/71-132 (Article in Journal). SCH5695.

<3> Colvin H.M. (ed), 1963-1982, The History of the King's Works, 1/607-612 (Book). SCH3161.

<4> Morris, Rupert H (Rev.), 1894, Chester in the Plantagenet & Tudor Reigns, /98 (Book). SCH946.

<5> English Heritage, 2001, Chester Castle Conservation Plan (Unpublished Report). SCH6281.

<6> de Lavaux, A, 1745, Plan of the City and Castle of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH5255.

<7> Ellis P, 1996, Excavations at Chester: Chester Castle the 17th century armoury and mint (Monograph). SCH6159.