31 - 40: Stanley Place to Westminster Coach and Motor Car Works

31: Stanley Place

The late Elizabethan town house is dated 1590. It is named after the Stanley family, custodians of the nearby Watergate, who were responsible for collecting tolls on goods brought into the city from the Port of Chester.

Waymarker: Timber detail "buildings and patterns"

 

32: Watergate House

Thomas Harrison, architect of Chester Castle, designed this house for his friend Henry Potts, Clerk of the Peace for the County of Cheshire 1820.

Waymarker:  "Corners and curves"

 

33: Queen's School

EA Ould a pupil of John Douglas, designed this school in 1883. The site was formerly occupied by the City Gaol and House of Correction.

Waymarker: Building details  "a silent class of pupils"

 

34: Water Tower

Dating from the time when Chester was a major port, the Water Tower was built at the edge of the river to protect the harbour in 1322-26.

Waymarker: "From a watercolour by Francis Nicholson"

 

35: Northgate Lock

An impressive staircase of three wide deep locks on the Shropshire Union Canal, dating from the time when Chester was a thriving canal port. The engineer was Thomas Telford.

Waymarker: "Lock gates holding back the water"

 

 

36: Blue Bell

Once an inn, this splendid little building is dated 1494 and formed part of a range of buildings known as 'Lorimer's Row'. The detached cabin was used as a barbers' shop in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Waymarker: "Food and wine on a plate"

 

37: Blue Coat School

Built in 1717 to house a charity school for poor boys, the first of its kind outside London. The Blue Coat boy over the main entrance wearing the distinctive uniform worn by pupils until the school closed in 1949.

Waymarker: "Learning time"

 

38: Rufus Court

An award winning development of the 1980's, tucked between the City Wall and Northgate Street.

Waymarker: "Shops"

 

 

39: Odeon Cinema

One of the most prominent buildings in Chester, the Odeon Cinema of 1936 was designed in the typical Art Deco style by the Odeon company's architect, Harry Weedon.

Waymarker: "Cinema, a new artists' palette for the 20th century"

 

40: Westminster Coach and Motor Car Works

This splendidly decorated brick and terra-cotta facade of the Edwardian Baroque motor works has been retained as part of Chester Library.

Waymarker: "Look above the library"