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The Rows, Chester


The Rows are probably the most often photographed sight in Chester, a series of half-timbered buildings joined with long galleries, looking for all the world like a Tudor shopping mall. There is not one single "Rows" but several complexes of houses in the same style, with the best examples on Watergate, Eastgate and Bridge Street.

The layout of the Rows go back to the 13th century. There were shops or warehouses at street level, with a long gallery above, reached by steps from the street level. Living quarters are on the gallery level. In the Middle Ages this would have been a hall, open to the roof and heated by a central hearth. The private rooms, or solar, were above the gallery.

In the Tudor and Jacobean period the upper floors were built out over the gallery, supported on long poles down to the street level. Shops at ground level used the space between the posts to display their goods to passers-by.

The story of Chester's Rows is told in detail in a special exhibit entitled "Our House – The Story of the Rows of Chester". The exhibit is housed at the Chester Visitor Centre on Vicar’s Lane.

 

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Oddfellows  Chester Oddfellows - 0.1 miles away
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The Chester Grosvenor and Spa Chester The Chester Grosvenor and Spa - 0.1 miles away
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Macdonald New Blossoms Hotel Chester Macdonald New Blossoms Hotel - 0.1 miles away
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Stay from: £58.50

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Nearest Attractions

Eastgate Clock
0 miles (Historic Property)

Chester Cathedral
0.2 miles (Cathedral)

Chester
0.2 miles (Town)

Chester Roman Amphitheatre
0.2 miles (Roman)

Roman Garden
0.5 miles (Garden)

Hawarden Old Castle
5.4 miles (Castle)

St Deinol
5.6 miles (Church)

Ewloe Castle
7.3 miles (Castle)

Top Cheshire Destinations
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Suggested Cheshire Attractions
Adlington Hall
Arley Hall
Beeston Castle
Bramall Hall
Capesthorne Hall
Chester Cathedral
Chester Roman Amphitheatre
Cholmondeley Castle Gardens
Dunham Massey
Eastgate Clock
Gawsworth Hall
Grosvenor Museum
Little Moreton Hall
Lyme Park
Ness Gardens
Roman Garden
Tatton Park
The Rows



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