Building record 12000/11 - Bridge of Sighs

The Bridge of Sighs is a footbridge over the ravine of the Chester Canal, and is thought to date to the late eighteenth century. It is of coursed red sandstone with shallow flush voussoirs to the slender segmental arch, plinths to the footway, with the railings removed. Access to the bridge is now blocked from both banks. In the past, the footbridge was used to take prisoners from the city gaol at 1 Upper Northgate St. to the former Chapel of St John in the south wing of the Bluecoat School (7, 8).

<1> Simpson, F., 1910, The Walls of Chester, /30 (Book). SCH3255.

<2> Pevsner N & Hubbard E, 1971, The Buildings of England: Cheshire, /155 (Book). SCH3078.

<4> Harris, B.E., 1979, Bartholomew City Guides - Chester, /93 (Book). SCH394.

<5> Morris, Rupert H (Rev.), 1894, Chester in the Plantagenet & Tudor Reigns, /245 (Book). SCH946.

<7> Donald Insall Associates, Chester City Walls Conservation Management Plan, R3251 (Client Report). SCH6603.

<8> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 470123 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.