Monument record 8138 - Roman Building, 62 - 66 Foregate Street

Between March and June 1956, the site formerly occupied by 62-66 Foregate Street, was prepared for the erection of a new office building for the Co-op Permanent Building Society. A watching brief was carried out by F. H. Thompson and Miss E Pirie. On the west part of the site, traces of a building were revealed. Earliest phase of timber with a floor which sealed Flavian samian. Later phase was of stone when clay and cobble wall footings were inserted through layers of make-up running into the Hadrianic-Antonine period. The building was presumably Antonine or later. Its north-south length was at least 9m and its width at least 3m (1).

<1> Thompson A, 1959, Excavations at 62 - 66 Foregate Street, 1956, Thompson F H 1959 46/62-8 (Article in Journal). SCH6339.

<2> Harris, B.E. (ed), 1987, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume I, 1/169 Petch D F 1987 (Book). SCH3556.