Building record 12000/25 - Chester City Walls - Newgate

The Newgate (not to be confused with the Old Newgate, CHER 12000/24) is an archway succeeding a former gateway carrying the City Wall over Pepper St. The red sandstone structure was built as part of a road widening scheme between 1937 and 1938 by Sir Walter Tapper and Michael Tapper. It was designed to provide the width and headroom necessary to a heavily trafficked street, the gate itself has a large steeply-curved segmental archway flanked by two battered towers with mock loops and hipped roofs of solid stone. The wall walk rises by a flight of steps through each tower to reach the necessary level above the archway. The arch has soffit of rendered panels between three ribs. There are armorial shields and Tudor roses for decoration. A stone stair in the south tower descends to Park St.

<1> Morris, Rupert H (Rev.), 1894, Chester in the Plantagenet & Tudor Reigns, /237 (Book). SCH946.

<2> Ormerod, G., 1882, The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Ormerod G 1882 1/355-8 (Book). SCH1389.

<3> Simpson, F., 1910, The Walls of Chester, /68 (Book). SCH3255.

<4> Harris, B.E., 1979, Bartholomew City Guides - Chester, /141 (Book). SCH394.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ46NW26.9/1964 (Index). SCH2487.

<6> Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Revised List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, City of Chester Inter Mural 1998/ 137 (Unpublished Report). SCH4570.

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