We chatted with business owners about life in these medieval galleries. This festive season, support the independent shops, cafés & businesses that make the Rows special.
Discover their stories 🎄✨
#RowvemberChester #ChesterRows
We chatted with business owners about life in these medieval galleries. This festive season, support the independent shops, cafés & businesses that make the Rows special.
Discover their stories 🎄✨
#RowvemberChester #ChesterRows
Chester Heritage Festival
@chesterherifest
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Behind the 19th century shopfronts, today's #rowvemberbuildingoftheday is another of Chester’s medieval gems.
Swipe for key facts 👉
#rowvember #rowvemberchester
Chester Heritage Festival
@chesterherifest
·
19h
Behind the 19th century shopfronts, today's #rowvemberbuildingoftheday is another of Chester’s medieval gems.
Swipe for key facts 👉
#rowvember #rowvemberchester
Chester Heritage Festival
@chesterherifest
Today's #buildingofthedayrowvember is the site of the puppet theatre explosion!
If that's not a story you know, head back here later to find out more.
Swipe for key facts 👉
#rowvember #rowvemberchester
Chester Heritage Festival
@chesterherifest
Today's #buildingofthedayrowvember is the site of the puppet theatre explosion!
If that's not a story you know, head back here later to find out more.
Swipe for key facts 👉
#rowvember #rowvemberchester
A Grade II* giant designed to look Elizabethan! WT Lockwood created this timber-framed beauty with stunning Art Nouveau carving. The twist? The fancy faience façade was only used at street level - the full building version never happened!
Image: @Stuartrobphoto
A Grade II* giant designed to look Elizabethan! WT Lockwood created this timber-framed beauty with stunning Art Nouveau carving. The twist? The fancy faience façade was only used at street level - the full building version never happened!
Image: @Stuartrobphoto
✨ Special Pop-Up this Sat 29, 11.15am - 12.45pm with volunteer experts 👉 buff.ly/keKxu7S
#RowvemberChester
✨ Special Pop-Up this Sat 29, 11.15am - 12.45pm with volunteer experts 👉 buff.ly/keKxu7S
#RowvemberChester
Grade I with the earliest identified shopfront in England! The three arches date to c.1200, the hall above to 14th century. The Rows' largest surviving medieval hall - yet probably the least well known. A hidden treasure!
Grade I with the earliest identified shopfront in England! The three arches date to c.1200, the hall above to 14th century. The Rows' largest surviving medieval hall - yet probably the least well known. A hidden treasure!
Pop in to discover festive offerings and experience the magic of shopping in these historic galleries 🎄✨
Support local!
#RowvemberChester #ShopLocal #FestiveChester
Pop in to discover festive offerings and experience the magic of shopping in these historic galleries 🎄✨
Support local!
#RowvemberChester #ShopLocal #FestiveChester
38-42 Watergate Street: 14th century, Grade II
Originally a soaring open hall, it was split in the 1400s with a huge chimney & new floor. Look for 3 arches of the buttery passage (servants' area) - visible through the window at no.38 ☕
Image @Stuartrobphoto
38-42 Watergate Street: 14th century, Grade II
Originally a soaring open hall, it was split in the 1400s with a huge chimney & new floor. Look for 3 arches of the buttery passage (servants' area) - visible through the window at no.38 ☕
Image @Stuartrobphoto
37 Watergate Street. The OLDEST! Grade I with undercroft fabric from 1180-1280. The twist? Its undercroft extends under the Row walkway - showing this medieval building originally jutted into the street before continuous walkways existed!
Image: @Stuartrobphoto
37 Watergate Street. The OLDEST! Grade I with undercroft fabric from 1180-1280. The twist? Its undercroft extends under the Row walkway - showing this medieval building originally jutted into the street before continuous walkways existed!
Image: @Stuartrobphoto
50 Eastgate Street: Grade II listed but rebuilt in 1963! The Georgian-style facade is a 1960s copy of the 18th century townhouse that once stood here.
Listed for being a really good fake - architectural preservation through recreation! 🏛️
Image: @Stuartrobphoto
50 Eastgate Street: Grade II listed but rebuilt in 1963! The Georgian-style facade is a 1960s copy of the 18th century townhouse that once stood here.
Listed for being a really good fake - architectural preservation through recreation! 🏛️
Image: @Stuartrobphoto
Grade I at 12 Bridge Street. Built by Mayor Thomas Cowper (1641/42) with "TC 1664" carved beam. The 13th century undercroft has a window proving ground levels were once lower - Chester literally grew upwards, burying its own past!
Image: @Stuartrobphoto
Grade I at 12 Bridge Street. Built by Mayor Thomas Cowper (1641/42) with "TC 1664" carved beam. The 13th century undercroft has a window proving ground levels were once lower - Chester literally grew upwards, burying its own past!
Image: @Stuartrobphoto
37-41 Bridge Street: Roman meets medieval! Bridge Café & Bistro has an actual Roman hypocaust (underfloor heating) in the cellar - 2,000 years of history beneath your coffee! Grade I listed.
Pop in & ask to see the Roman remains ☕🏛️
Image: @Stuartrobphoto
37-41 Bridge Street: Roman meets medieval! Bridge Café & Bistro has an actual Roman hypocaust (underfloor heating) in the cellar - 2,000 years of history beneath your coffee! Grade I listed.
Pop in & ask to see the Roman remains ☕🏛️
Image: @Stuartrobphoto
This November, we're celebrating Chester's extraordinary architectural treasure – The Rows!
🎫 Most events are free and family-friendly!
Full programme 👉 www.heritagechester.co.uk/rowvember
#Rowvember #RowvemberChester #ChesterRows #HeritageChester #VisitChester
This November, we're celebrating Chester's extraordinary architectural treasure – The Rows!
🎫 Most events are free and family-friendly!
Full programme 👉 www.heritagechester.co.uk/rowvember
#Rowvember #RowvemberChester #ChesterRows #HeritageChester #VisitChester
✨ Special Pop-Up this Sat 29, 11.15am - 12.45pm with volunteer experts 👉 buff.ly/keKxu7S
#RowvemberChester
✨ Special Pop-Up this Sat 29, 11.15am - 12.45pm with volunteer experts 👉 buff.ly/keKxu7S
#RowvemberChester
Grade II* with a medieval hall accessed by external steps. The oak door to the toilets? That's the former screens passage separating servants from the hall. Below, brick barrel vaulted undercrofts now house a pub.
Image: @Stuartrobphoto
Grade II* with a medieval hall accessed by external steps. The oak door to the toilets? That's the former screens passage separating servants from the hall. Below, brick barrel vaulted undercrofts now house a pub.
Image: @Stuartrobphoto
Grade II* from 1710, built against the encased medieval wall of Booth's Mansion. Home to Crichton - the only tailors in central Chester still making products on the premises. Georgian elegance meets medieval bones!
Image: @Stuartrobphoto
Grade II* from 1710, built against the encased medieval wall of Booth's Mansion. Home to Crichton - the only tailors in central Chester still making products on the premises. Georgian elegance meets medieval bones!
Image: @Stuartrobphoto
📆 Nov 10th 2.15pm 👉 buff.ly/TAhiIuU
📆 Nov 13th 6.15pm 👉 buff.ly/KAeq3xP
📆 Nov 16th 10.45am 👉 buff.ly/EEHko7b
#RowvemberChester #ChesterRows
📆 Nov 10th 2.15pm 👉 buff.ly/TAhiIuU
📆 Nov 13th 6.15pm 👉 buff.ly/KAeq3xP
📆 Nov 16th 10.45am 👉 buff.ly/EEHko7b
#RowvemberChester #ChesterRows
Find out where 👉 buff.ly/4pwvCao
#RowvemberChester
Find out where 👉 buff.ly/4pwvCao
#RowvemberChester
Grade II with medieval undercroft hidden behind Nando's fittings! Georgian townhouse (c.1760) above incorporates earlier timbers. At Row level, Chester Model Centre has reused 17th century beams.
#ChesterRows #BridgeStreet #HeritageChester
Grade II with medieval undercroft hidden behind Nando's fittings! Georgian townhouse (c.1760) above incorporates earlier timbers. At Row level, Chester Model Centre has reused 17th century beams.
#ChesterRows #BridgeStreet #HeritageChester
Join David Atkinson for a captivating evening of storytelling & book signing as he unveils the shadowy tales from 'A Dark History of Chester'!
📍 Pickles Chester
🎟️ FREE event👉 buff.ly/jBa7Fmw
#RowvemberChester
Join David Atkinson for a captivating evening of storytelling & book signing as he unveils the shadowy tales from 'A Dark History of Chester'!
📍 Pickles Chester
🎟️ FREE event👉 buff.ly/jBa7Fmw
#RowvemberChester
Book 12th Nov 👉 buff.ly/zd2oIyD
Book 19th Nov 👉 buff.ly/5D1j6DL
Image @Stuartrobphoto
Book 12th Nov 👉 buff.ly/zd2oIyD
Book 19th Nov 👉 buff.ly/5D1j6DL
Image @Stuartrobphoto
Grade II by John Douglas, opened 1897 as drapers. Part of Shoemakers Row reconstruction with exceptional timber carving on the arcade. Medieval stone undercrofts survive below - old foundations supporting Victorian ambitions!
Grade II by John Douglas, opened 1897 as drapers. Part of Shoemakers Row reconstruction with exceptional timber carving on the arcade. Medieval stone undercrofts survive below - old foundations supporting Victorian ambitions!
Grade II built on Roman fortress southern gateway foundations! Fabric from 14th/15th century onwards. Maybe one of five Chester churches that began among abandoned Roman buildings. From fortress to faith - 2,000 years.
Grade II built on Roman fortress southern gateway foundations! Fabric from 14th/15th century onwards. Maybe one of five Chester churches that began among abandoned Roman buildings. From fortress to faith - 2,000 years.
🎨 "Missing Building" Workshop - St Peter's Church (10.30am-2.30pm)
🏺 Roman Medicine Roadshow - Grosvenor Museum (10.30am-4.30pm)
🏛️ Rows Family Tours with Miles the Mason
Book tours 👉 heritagechester.co.uk
#RowvemberChester #GladiatorsOfChester
🎨 "Missing Building" Workshop - St Peter's Church (10.30am-2.30pm)
🏺 Roman Medicine Roadshow - Grosvenor Museum (10.30am-4.30pm)
🏛️ Rows Family Tours with Miles the Mason
Book tours 👉 heritagechester.co.uk
#RowvemberChester #GladiatorsOfChester
The anatomy:
✨ Undercrofts (street level) - medieval cellars
✨ Medieval halls above
✨ Row walkways connecting them
✨ Stallboards creating the cover
Image: @Stuartrobphoto
#RowvemberChester
The anatomy:
✨ Undercrofts (street level) - medieval cellars
✨ Medieval halls above
✨ Row walkways connecting them
✨ Stallboards creating the cover
Image: @Stuartrobphoto
#RowvemberChester