Grade I listed building · Historic England

A Block

Listed Grade I since 198541 years · Grade I is the top 2.5% of England’s listed buildings

HHouseCANo data available for publication by HE conservation area SMOver a scheduled monument1985Listed

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About

About A Block

A Block is one of 54 Grade I listed buildings in Chester and about 9,341 in England. It was listed on 26 February 1985. It stands in the No data available for publication by HE conservation area, and over a scheduled monument, Chester Castle (part). Within 400 metres are 24 more Grade I buildings and 189 other listed buildings.

HERead the official list entryHistoric England’s description of the building, its history and why it is listed · List entry 1271824↗

Grade I is for buildings of exceptional interest, about 2.5% of all listed buildings in England. Listing protects the whole building, inside and out: changes need listed building consent from the council.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 listed buildings in about 10 minutes

Chester · about 0.3 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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Around it

56 more listed buildings within 150 metres

Grade I and II* ones open their own page; Grade II ones open the official list entry.

IIWall and Railings to Access from St Marys Hill to Castle Square24 m IIPeripheral Wall, Gates and Railings to St Marys Churchyard35 m IIProvost35 m IIStatue of Queen Victoria Opposite Portico of Assize Courts55 m II25, Castle Street58 m IIMilitary House59 m II22, Castle Street60 m II*Castle House62 m ISt Marys Centre62 m II*The Georgian House63 m IAssize Courts Block65 m IISt Marys Hill School, Cottage and Garden and Yard Walls67 m II21, Castle Street70 m IICross in St Marys Churchyard71 m IINumber 16 West Wing72 m IIGolden Eagle Public House77 m IISundial in St Marys Churchyard79 m IINumber 16 East Wing80 m

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II15 and 17, Castle Street81 m II*Former Premises of Trustee Savings Bank83 m IICounty Council Education Offices and Walls to South85 m II11-17, Bunce Street86 m IIGrosvenor Museum87 m IPropylaea91 m IICenotaph to Matthew Henry on Grosvenor Street Roundabout102 m II*Equestrian Statue of Stapleton Cotton Viscount Combermere106 m IIRetaining Walls and Railing of Semi Circular Forecourt106 m IB Block108 m II1-6, Gamul Place110 m IIThomas Gould Tombstone on Grosvenor Street Roundabout111 m II7-11, Gamul Place113 m II7 and 9, Castle Street113 m II12A, Shipgate Street116 m II5, Castle Street117 m IAgricola Tower119 m II8 and 10, Shipgate Street119 m II6, Shipgate Street123 m II76, Lower Bridge Street126 m II60-68, Lower Bridge Street127 m IIRichard House127 m II1 and 3, Castle Street128 m II70, 70A, 72 and 74, Lower Bridge Street129 m II4, Shipgate Street129 m II*Shipgate House130 m II*Gamull House131 m ICurtain Wall to West and South West of Inner Bailey133 m II*The Old Kings Head Hotel135 m II46, 46A and 46B, Lower Bridge Street138 m II44, Lower Bridge Street143 m IIYe Olde Edgar145 m IIArtillery Stores Below the Eastern Wall of Inner Bailey145 m IIChurch of St Francis146 m II1, 3 and 5, Grosvenor Place146 m IICurtain Wall to East of Inner Bailey147 m IINapier House148 m II90 and 92, Lower Bridge Street150 m

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Questions about A Block

Is A Block listed?

Yes. A Block is listed Grade I on the National Heritage List for England (list entry 1271824), first listed on 26 February 1985.

Can you visit A Block?

Many listed buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.

Is A Block in a conservation area?

Yes, the No data available for publication by HE conservation area.

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