St Ursula's, Chester

St Ursula's

St Ursula's
Location 37 Watergate Street,
Chester, Cheshire, England
Coordinates 53°11′24″N 2°53′36″W / 53.1899°N 2.8932°W / 53.1899; -2.8932Coordinates: 53°11′24″N 2°53′36″W / 53.1899°N 2.8932°W / 53.1899; -2.8932
OS grid reference SJ 404 662
Listed Building – Grade I
Designated 28 July 1955
Reference no. 1376436
Location in Cheshire

St Ursula's is a building at 37 Watergate Street, Chester, Cheshire, England. It incorporates a section of Chester Rows and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building because of the quality of the undercroft.[1]

The building originated somewhere between about 1180 and about 1280. Alterations were made in the 16th or 17th century and it was largely rebuilt above the Row level in the late 19th century and altered again in the 20th century. The building is in four storeys. It is built in sandstone at the street (undercroft) and Row levels and above this is timber-framed. The undercroft has 5½ bays and it is considered that the walls date from the late 12th century, and are therefore the earliest features yet to have been dated in the structure of the Rows.[1]

The undercroft is currently in use as a storeroom for the neighbouring toy shop.[2]

Shop frontage of St Ursula's showing the inscription

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Historic England, "Number 37 Street Number 45 Row St Ursulas, Chester (1376436)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 11 April 2015
  2. ↑ "About Toycraft". Toycraft. Retrieved 21 August 2012.


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