Leche House II - Plasterwork

The Leche House still has a number of areas of raised plasterwork, some of which have been painted.

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Along the Canal IV

This view from Cow Lane Bridge, at the end of Frodsham St (Frodsham St was once known as Cow Lane) struck me as beautiful today.

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Chester City Swimming Baths

Chester has a newer leisure pool, but one of its' best kept secrets is the 110-year-old City Baths. Still open every day for local swimmers they are a treasure, and, if you want to be extravagant, you can hire the whole pool all to yourself.

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Leche House I

The Leche House (now used by the Sofa Workshop) is, I think, my favourite Chester building. It feels like a comfortable Jacobean family home, and I could quite happily sit in there for hours watching the world go by. In fact, I once got so comfortable I bought the sofa I was sitting on...

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Undercrofts

Most people know about the Rows in Chester, but much less talked about are the undercrofts, of which about 20 remain. The one below is in Crypt Chambers, now Browns of Chester, and is used as a cafe. If you look carefully you can see a drinks cabinet built into an arch on the right.

An undercroft is traditionally a cellar or storage room, often brick-lined and vaulted, and used for storage in buildings since medieval times. In modern usage, an undercroft is generally a ground (street-level) area which is relatively open to the sides, but covered by the building above.

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Crocuses

In Plas Newton Lane there is a hollow grassy area that has been planted with crocuses. These have proliferated, and there is a carpet of purple this Spring that stretches maybe 400m.

 

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Medieval Lanes III

Godstall Lane is the best known of the Medieval Lanes, with its' shops and wine bars.

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Rhinomania

Last year Chester hosted Rhinomania, after which the rhinos were auctioned off. Some of them still lurk in odd corners of Chester.

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Off the Walls IV

Lean over the City Walls at the Racecourse and you can see what looks like a lower wall, with a grassy bank above it. This is the remains of a Roman Quay Wall, from the days when the river flowed across what is now the racecourse and Roman galleys moored here to unload their cargo. It is probably second century, and about 35m long.

 

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Along the Canal Pt III

At the north-westernmost point of the City Walls the Shropshire Union Canal meets the River Dee, and there is a unique site in canal terms. Designed by Thomas Telford, in the background of these photos, you can see the dry dock (for painting and repairing narrow boats), and the Roving Bridge, which was to enable horses pulling narrow boats to cross from one side of the canal to the other without having to have their harnesses removed.

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