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Heritage Chester is dedicated to promoting, preserving, and inspiring appreciation for Chester's unparalleled heritage. Our flagship initiative, Chester Heritage Festival, transforms the city for two weeks each year. https://www.heritagechester.co.uk/
#RowvemberChester Building of the Day 14 : Pierpoint Lane

A medieval service lane providing the only access to properties backing onto the Carmelite Friary. Today it leads to Deva Roman Experience & features a 2018 pocket park with Roman Medicinal Garden.

Image: @Stuartrobphoto
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
#RowvemberChester Day 13: The Dutch Houses

Grade II at 22-26 Bridge Street. Named for Anglo-Dutch trade, this 17th century townhouse has a secret - that historic frontage is from 1973-75! Chester City Council rebuilt it after 1960s dilapidation.

Image:@Stuartrobphoto
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#RowvemberChester Day 12: Three Old Arches ✨

Grade I with the earliest identified shopfront in England! The three arches date to c.1200, the hall above to 14th century. The Rows' largest surviving medieval hall - yet probably the least well known. A hidden treasure!
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
✨#RowvemberChester Day 11: The Boot✨

Grade II* with medieval undercroft & 1643 townhouse built during the Civil War Siege! Was a dining room from the 1740s before becoming a pub in the mid 19th century. The old alleyway entrance is now part of the bar!

@Stuartrobphoto
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🍺 The Heritage Experts Pub trail 🏛️

Self-guided heritage trail through Chester with 3 pub stops & expert historians!

📅 Tue 11 Nov, 5-8pm
✨ FREE drop-in event
🗺️ Visit in any order

Find out what you could discover 👉 www.heritagechester.co.uk/event-detail...

#RowvemberChester #ChesterHeritage
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Great to see so many people at Chester Picturehouse yesterday, enjoying a great talk by Paul Hyde on the Longstanding and Lost Chester Rows.

There are still a few places on the walks, book your spot via the link!

#RowvemberChester #Rowvember #ChesterRows www.heritagechester.co.uk/rowvember
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
✨#RowvemberChester Day 10: St Peter's Church✨

Grade I built on Roman fortress HQ foundations! Founded by Æthelflæd in 907, today's building dates from 14th century. Until 1803, the Pentice ran alongside - rooms above shops where Chester's mayor ran the city!

@Stuartrobphoto
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🍺 Beer (Heroes) and Burrows: A Night of Hangman's Tales

Join author Nick Kevern in Beer Heroes' atmospheric undercroft for chilling tales of Chester's notorious 19th-century hangman Samuel Burrows. Take home a bottle of Samuel Burrows ale 👉 buff.ly/X1J8eTc

#RowvemberChester
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
✨ Rowvember Building of the Day 9: Tudor House ✨

Grade II* at 29-31 Lower Bridge Street. The date plaque says 1503 but dendro-dating proves it's actually 1603 - a century out! Once had a Row enclosed in 1728 & a bridge connecting to the next building. The timbers don't lie!

Image: @Stuartrobphoto
November 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Discover the Long-standing and the Lost Rows of Chester with our FREE guided tour led by Paul Hyde this Rowvember!

📆 Nov 10th 2.15pm 👉 buff.ly/TAhiIuU
📆 Nov 13th 6.15pm 👉 buff.ly/KAeq3xP
📆 Nov 16th 10.45am 👉 buff.ly/EEHko7b

#RowvemberChester #ChesterRows
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🥃 Storytelling & Spirits at Providence Gin 🕯️

Join author David Atkinson for spine-tingling tales from Chester's Rows paired with spirit tastings, artisan cheese & a mini gin to take home.

📍 Providence Gin, Watergate St
📆 19th Nov👉 buff.ly/5D1j6DL

#RowvemberChester
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🍺 The Heritage Experts Pub trail 🏛️

Self-guided heritage trail through Chester with 3 pub stops & expert historians!

📅 Tue 11 Nov, 5-8pm
✨ FREE drop-in event
🗺️ Visit in any order

Find out what you could discover 👉 www.heritagechester.co.uk/event-detail...

#RowvemberChester #ChesterHeritage
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
✨#RowvemberChester Day 8: Leche House✨

A Grade I masterpiece! 14th century medieval hall wrapped in 17th century timber-framing at 17 Watergate Street. The alleyway next to the shopfront? That's the original medieval entrance - still taking you from Row to courtyard!

Image: @Stuartrobphoto
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
✨ FREE Family Activities in the city TODAY!✨

🎄 Create your own paper stained glass tree ornament with artist Jen McAndrew!

📅 8th Nov, 10:30-14:30
📍 St Peter's Church, Watergate Street
🎟️ FREE - just turn up!
👨👩👧👦 All ages welcome

#RowvemberChester #ChesterEvents
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🍺 Beer (Heroes) and Burrows: A Night of Hangman's Tales

Join author Nick Kevern in Beer Heroes' atmospheric undercroft for chilling tales of Chester's notorious 19th-century hangman Samuel Burrows. Take home a bottle of Samuel Burrows ale 👉 buff.ly/X1J8eTc

#RowvemberChester
November 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🥃 Storytelling & Spirits at Providence Gin 🕯️

Join author David Atkinson for spine-tingling tales from Chester's Rows paired with spirit tastings, artisan cheese & a mini gin to take home.

📍 Providence Gin, Watergate St
📆 19th Nov👉 buff.ly/5D1j6DL

#RowvemberChester
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Discover the Long-standing and the Lost Rows of Chester with our FREE guided tour led by Paul Hyde this Rowvember!

📆 Nov 10th 2.15pm 👉 buff.ly/TAhiIuU
📆 Nov 13th 6.15pm 👉 buff.ly/KAeq3xP
📆 Nov 16th 10.45am 👉 buff.ly/EEHko7b

#RowvemberChester #ChesterRows
November 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
✨#RowvemberChester Day 7

25-27 Bridge Street, Grade II Georgian elegance hiding an industrial secret! This c1800 building was adapted in the 1930s for newspaper printing - they even lowered the undercroft to fit the press. Each upper window is different too!

Image: @Stuartrobphoto
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
✨ FREE Family Activities in the city this weekend!✨

🎄 Create your own paper stained glass tree ornament with artist Jen McAndrew!

📅 8th Nov, 10:30-14:30
📍 St Peter's Church, Watergate Street
🎟️ FREE - just turn up!
👨👩👧👦 All ages welcome

#RowvemberChester #ChesterEvents
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
💃 Tonight! Dance on The Rows

Join us THIS EVENING as University of Chester drama students perform creative pieces inspired by the unique architecture and rich history of Chester's iconic Rows.

📍 Meet at The Cross from 6pm to catch the beginning
🕕 6pm - 7pm

#RowvemberChester
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🕯️ Tonight! Last few tickets remaining!

Join David Atkinson for a captivating evening of storytelling & book signing as he unveils the shadowy tales from 'A Dark History of Chester'!

📍 Pickles Chester
🎟️ FREE event👉 buff.ly/jBa7Fmw

#RowvemberChester
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
#RowvemberChester Day 6

37 Watergate Street. The OLDEST! Grade I with undercroft fabric from 1180-1280. The twist? Its undercroft extends under the Row walkway - showing this medieval building originally jutted into the street before continuous walkways existed!

Image: @Stuartrobphoto
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Discover the Long-standing and the Lost Rows of Chester with our FREE guided tour led by Paul Hyde this Rowvember!

📆 Nov 10th 2.15pm 👉 buff.ly/TAhiIuU
📆 Nov 13th 6.15pm 👉 buff.ly/KAeq3xP
📆 Nov 16th 10.45am 👉 buff.ly/EEHko7b

#RowvemberChester #ChesterRows
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#RowvemberChester Building Day 5

A Grade II* giant designed to look Elizabethan! WT Lockwood created this timber-framed beauty with stunning Art Nouveau carving. The twist? The fancy faience façade was only used at street level - the full building version never happened!

Image: @Stuartrobphoto
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Reposted by Heritage Chester
There has been a covered porch at the front of St Michael's church for hundreds of years, first wooden and then stone. While it's likely that a stone church was first built on this site in the 1100s, >
🎨 Art Returns to the Streets! Digital print of historic paintings of Chester's Rows are back in the exact locations they depict - in shop windows all November!

Find out where 👉 buff.ly/4pwvCao

#RowvemberChester
November 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM