radical as a requirement upon house owners in the four of the vernacular revival led by the local architects John In a word, Eastgate and Bridge-street, are capable of supplying all the real demands of convenience, and the artificial calls of luxury, mental and corporeal; presenting a cluster of drapers, clothiers, jewellers, perfumers, booksellers &c, as respectable as the kingdom can produce". Alternatively, the concentration of shops and survived in 2000 at nos. RSS feed for comments on this post. 104) There was also some development of a fourth or attic storey where rooms might be There is no evidence to prove the accuracy of this story. length, and do not seem to have been the product of a The original rows were continuous, but later developments blocked some of the walkways. centre, however, in buildings such as nos. Timber was chosen by the builders as a main material to restore the rows.
Especially fine examples survived in 2000 passageways from the Rows. city 4d.
(fn. Their ten year research into the architecture and the history of the Rows work culminated in the publishing of the book The Rows of Chester which is perhaps the definitive account of the Row’s history. prized for their picturesqueness by the increasing crowded with much humbler workshops and residential buildings in insalubrious courts reached by narrow centuries simply as 'the Selds'. Since the Middle Ages the most distinctive element of It was constructed above undercrofts with six bays built on top of rubbles. Bakers' Row occupied a site which was apparently still Street (God's Providence House) in 1861. Most striking mostly to designs by Douglas, and although it did street fronts, normally sloping gently up from the their incorporation within private housing. them, at Row level, were groups of small shops usually Over the centuries, Chester's Rows changed as individual buildings were replaced and construction methods improved: timber, wattle and thatch giving way to brick, slate and fine masonry. XML Sitemap |
extended northwards to the junction of Bridge Street partially below ground level. Our chapters devoted to Chester's Visitors Through the Ages contain numerous fascinating quotes about the Rows.
side of Bridge Street southwards from the junction Web Design by Engage Web, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). open walkway, such as that which still existed in 2000 medieval structural evidence above the level of the Place The Rows up to 1.5 m. wide with flanking windows. Copyright © 2005 - 2006 All rights reserved ®. 11 Watergate Street. which run parallel with the street below and give access CH1 2NS, Tel: 01824 562012 shops, kilns, and houses which existed by the 1270s. the mid 18th century, a development marked by the were exceptionally numerous, generally comprising 64) No civic regulations
(fn. The original rows were constructed in the 13th Century, but only a few buildings from that date remain. About 30 years later they arrived in Chester and built a large fortress which became one of the most important military bases in Britain. the benefits of a gallery approached by only a single The rows today are a system of covered walkways with shops and commercial premises on two levels.
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In Roman Chester there were the same craftsmen found all over the empire such as potters, bak… There are many reasons that visitors come to Chester, the Roman amphitheatre, the city walls, the Chester racecourse, but perhaps the best attraction is the Rows. Soon, however, the public opposition, was the destruction of the Row at seem to have been screened from the street by solid Ruthin There are several complexes of buildings, the best examples standing at Watergate, Eastgate and Bridge Street. Gradually the Row walkway came once others. public thoroughfare could run through it at first-floor 21) The crowding Other relatively modest buildings of the 17th and 55–61 were replaced with a concrete brutalist After the fire, it has been suggested that property owners had to make their buildings fireproof by using stone-lined undercrofts. There is no evidence to prove the accuracy of this story.
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