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List entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: PARK WALL AND GATE PIERS FROM LOVE STREET NORTH TO HOBBYS WELL SOUTH

List entry Number: 1375829

Location

PARK WALL AND GATE PIERS FROM LOVE STREET NORTH TO HOBBYS WELL SOUTH, GROSVENOR PARK

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County	District	District Type	Parish
	Cheshire West and Chester	Unitary Authority

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II

Date first listed: 10-Jan-1972

Date of most recent amendment: 23-Jul-1998

Legacy System Information

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System: LBS

UID: 469808

Asset Groupings

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List entry Description

Summary of Building

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Reasons for Designation

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History

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Details

CHESTER CITY (EM)

SJ4066 GROSVENOR PARK 1932-1/6/132 (South side) 10/01/72 Park wall and gate piers from Love Street north to Hobby's Well south (Formerly Listed as: GROSVENOR PARK Boundary Wall round Grosvenor Park)

GV II

Boundary wall, with gate piers, of Grosvenor Park from Love Street at its junction with Union Street, north, and Billy Hobby's Well (qv) by Grosvenor Park Terrace, south. 1865-1867. By John Douglas at the expense of the 2nd Marquis of Westminster. For Chester City Council. Squared snecked sandstone rubble and granite. Plinth and replaced railings between Love Street and the north-west gateway which has square granite piers diminishing to octagonal section beneath ornate moulded finials; plinth and replaced railings between north-west gateway and west gateway, opposite St John Baptist churchyard, which has 2 chamfered granite piers diminishing to octagonal section towards blunt-pointed caps; rock-faced squared snecked sandstone wall up to 2m high and stepping down with slope of path towards Dee; south-west gateway inserted to give access from the Groves and the Suspension Bridge (qv); south wall, partly a retaining wall, approx 1.6m high; south gateway to Grosvenor Park Terrace and 2 chamfered granite piers diminishing to blunt-pointed octagonal caps; plinth and replaced railing between gateway and Billy Hobby's Well (qv). (Chester City Council and Committee: Park Committee Minutes: 1865-1867: PASSIM; Hubbard E: The Work of John Douglas: London: 1991-: 46-48).





Listing NGR: SJ4097266153

Selected Sources

1. Book  Reference - Author: E Hubbard - Title: The Work of John Douglas - Date: 1991 - Page References: 46-48

National Grid Reference: SJ 40972 66157

Map

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