Monument record 8434 - Roman column at 34 Bridge Street

Roman structural evidence was recorded to the rear of No 34 Bridge Street (then the premises of Messrs Davies Bros) in 1954. A single Roman capital was recorded by labourers during excavations for a boiler house on the property and said to be 25.9m west of the street frontage and 23.3m south of Commonhall Street.

The sandstone capital is of debased floral style for a column 0.45m in diameter and demonstrates the presence of a building of monumental character nearby. (2)

<1> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, p161 (Book). SCH3556.

<2> n/a, 1954, Miscellanea, p85 (Article in Journal). SCH5735.

<3> Wright, R. P. & Richmond, I. A., 1955, Catalogue of the Roman Inscribed and Sculptured Stones in the Grosvenor Museum, Chester, p57 (Monograph). SCH522.

<4> Henig D.F, 2004, Roman Sculpture in the NW Midlands, No 125 (Book). SCH6862.