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Heritage Chester
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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/
Meet @ParsKahve - bringing their own mini Christmas market to the Rows this festive season!
Pop in to discover festive offerings and experience the magic of shopping in these historic galleries 🎄✨

Support local!

#RowvemberChester #ShopLocal #FestiveChester
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Life on the Rows! Meet @BeerHeroes - who love the quirky medieval undercroft they operate from and the sense of community on the Rows 🍺✨

Support local this festive season!

#RowvemberChester #ShopLocal #FestiveChester
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Life on the Rows! Meet Chester Model Centre - a family-run business who love their front-row seat to Chester's parades and footfall of the Rows 🚂✨

Support local this festive season!

#RowvemberChester #ShopLocal #FestiveChester
November 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
#RowvemberChester Day 30: 11 Watergate Street

Grade I with Chester's finest medieval undercroft (c.1300)! The shield reads "The Old Crypt 1180" but it's a century out & not really a crypt. Haunted tales of secret passages? Probably the Roman sewer! Truth as fascinating as legend.
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Life on the Rows! Meet @LondonCameraExchange - hear why they love running their business on Chester's iconic medieval galleries 📷✨

This festive season, discover the stories behind the shopfronts and support local!

#RowvemberChester #ShopLocal #FestiveChester
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
#RowvemberChester Day 29: 53 Lower Bridge Street

Grade II with enclosed medieval timber Row at first floor level. Built to squeeze into a gap next to St Olave Street. Medieval sandstone wall & huge fireplace survive. Is it one building or two merged? This is still debated.
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🎶 Pop-Up Performances this December! 🎶

Choirs led by Matt Baker filling the Rows with festive music!
🎄 29 Nov: Uni of Chester Choir
🎄 6 Dec: A Handbag of Harmonies
🎄 13 Dec: Proud Marys

1-2.30pm | FREE
Plus sneaky pop-up at @ChesterChristmasMarket!

#RowvemberChester
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
As #Rowvember ends, meet the people who keep the Rows thriving!

We chatted with business owners about life in these medieval galleries. This festive season, support the independent shops, cafés & businesses that make the Rows special.

Discover their stories 🎄✨

#RowvemberChester #ChesterRows
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
✨ Art on the Streets Pop-Up today! ✨

Stand where artists stood! Digital prints of original paintings displayed in the exact locations they were created. Compare past & present views of Chester's Rows.

📅 Sat 29 Nov, 11.15am-12.45pm 👉 buff.ly/keKxu7S

#RowvemberChester
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
✨ A pair of tickets have become available - grab them fast! ✨

Join us for a special screening of Sh*t Chester: The Movie - asking all the hard questions you've been wanting answers to.

📆 30 Nov 5.30pm
🎟️ FREE 👉 buff.ly/2BabLQX

📸 @Stuartrobphoto
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🎶 Pop-Up Performances this December! 🎶

Choirs led by Matt Baker filling the Rows with festive music!
🎄 29 Nov: Uni of Chester Choir
🎄 6 Dec: A Handbag of Harmonies
🎄 13 Dec: Proud Marys

1-2.30pm | FREE
Plus sneaky pop-up at @ChesterChristmasMarket!

#RowvemberChester
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#RowvemberChester Day 28: St Michael's Church

Grade II built on Roman fortress southern gateway foundations! Fabric from 14th/15th century onwards. Maybe one of five Chester churches that began among abandoned Roman buildings. From fortress to faith - 2,000 years.
November 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🎨 Art Returns to the Streets! Discover digital prints of historic paintings from Grosvenor Museum displayed in shop windows along the Rows that inspired them.

✨ Special Pop-Up this Sat 29, 11.15am - 12.45pm with volunteer experts 👉 buff.ly/keKxu7S

#RowvemberChester
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#RowvemberChester Day 27: 10 Watergate Street

Grade II* with 14th century undercroft & 17th century timber-framing visible at Row level. Upstairs: a massive fireplace with painted plaster overmantel showing Royal arms. Grand domestic features survive above today's shops!
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
✨ Just TWO tickets left! ✨

Join us for a special screening of Sh*t Chester: The Movie - asking all the hard questions you've been wanting answers to.

Then stick around for a Q&A with the man himself + a few surprises!

📆 30 Nov 5.30pm
🎟️ FREE 👉 buff.ly/2BabLQX

📸 @Stuartrobphoto
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#RowvemberChester Day 26: 6 Northgate Street

Unlisted Georgian brick building from the 1820s-30s replacing an earlier timber-framed building. A bright, attractive example showing Chester's evolution from medieval timber to Georgian elegance while maintaining the Row structure.
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🎨 Art Returns to the Streets! Discover digital prints of historic paintings from Grosvenor Museum displayed in shop windows along the Rows that inspired them.

✨ Special Pop-Up this Sat 29, 11.15am - 12.45pm with volunteer experts 👉 buff.ly/keKxu7S

#RowvemberChester
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#RowvemberChester Day 25: 61 Bridge Street

Grade II with medieval undercroft hidden behind Nando's fittings! Georgian townhouse (c.1760) above incorporates earlier timbers. At Row level, Chester Model Centre has reused 17th century beams.

#ChesterRows #BridgeStreet #HeritageChester
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
#RowvemberChester Day 24: 22-24 Eastgate Street

Two Grade II buildings. No. 22's 1852 refurbishment was hailed as 'pioneer' Vernacular Revival - the movement started here! Both contain rare surviving enclosed stalls with walkways between them & Row shops.

Image: @Stuartrobphoto
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 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!

📆 26 Nov, 7.30pm
👉 buff.ly/X1J8eTc

Image: @Stuartrobphoto
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#RowvemberChester Day 23: 25 Eastgate Street

Grade II built 1861 by TA Richardson for grocers. Carved fruit-and-foliage corbels weren't just decoration - they were Victorian advertising! A precursor to Chester's later Vernacular Revival buildings. A billboard carved in stone!
November 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🎬 We put Sh*t Chester in the dock!

Join us for a special screening of Sh*t Chester: The Movie - asking all the hard questions you've been wanting answers to.

Then stick around for a Q&A with the man himself + a few surprises!

📆 30 Nov 5.30pm
🎟️ FREE 👉 buff.ly/2BabLQX

📸 @Stuartrobphoto
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
✨#RowvemberChester Day 22: 12 Eastgate St

Grade II rebuilt 1861 for Becket & Co, Drapers. Medieval stone undercroft walls survive beneath stunning Victorian carved timber & ornate 'quatrefoil in circle' cast iron balustrade. Medieval foundations supporting Victorian craftsmanship!
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
✨ FREE Family workshop in the city today! ✨

🎨 "The Missing Building" Workshop with artist Neuza Morais - imagining the buildings that could transform our cities.

📍 St Peter's Church, The Cross
📆 Sat 22nd Nov 10.30am - 2.30pm
🎟️ FREE, drop-in!

#RowvemberChester
November 22, 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 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM