IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Blackfriars Court, Black Friars, CHESTER, CH1 2PY
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Blackfriars Court, Black Friars, CH1 2PY by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (1232 Images Found)
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Ordnance Survey Pivot
This OS pivot can be found on No16 Blackfriars. It marks a point 17.489m above mean sea level.
Image: © Adrian Dust
Taken: 13 Sep 2022
0.02 miles
3
OS benchmark - Chester, Nuns Road opposite Blackfriars
A slightly damaged (OK, weathered, to be fair) cutmark in the sandstone City Wall, originally levelled at a height of 16.356m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 21 Jul 2013
0.02 miles
4
Nuns Road, the city walls, and the '1 Mile' marker
Looking along Nuns Road and the line of the city walls. Inset into the stone wall, almost in line with and below the distant crane, is the '1 Mile' marker stone seen at Image To the left of the wall is part of the Roodee racecourse.
Image: © John S Turner
Taken: 7 Jan 2008
0.02 miles
5
The Architect Pub Restaurant, Chester
The Architect pub restaurant was named in honour of Thomas Harrison, a Georgian architect who designed Grosvenor Bridge and the new Chester Castle. He designed the building shown here as his own residence, it later became office buildings for the County Police Headquarters which was built next to it before remaining empty for several years.
Image: © Jeff Buck
Taken: 10 Mar 2015
0.03 miles
6
The Architect Pub Restaurant, Chester
The Architect pub restaurant was named in honour of Thomas Harrison, a Georgian architect who designed Grosvenor Bridge and the new Chester Castle. He designed the building shown here as his own residence, it later became office buildings for the County Police Headquarters which was built next to it before remaining empty for several years.
Image: © Jeff Buck
Taken: 10 Mar 2015
0.03 miles
7
The Architect, St Nicholas Street, Chester
The pub has an unusual name, recognition of the fact that the building, dated 1822-23, was originally St Martin's Lodge, the home of Thomas Harrison, an architect who graced the city with many impressive buildings. Grade II listed.
"From here he could contemplate his Greek castle and see his great bridge arising - but the ring road and HQ Building have put paid to any such thing".
Image: © Stephen Richards
Taken: 17 Aug 2014
0.03 miles
8
Old tractor in the grounds of The Architect
A vintage Ferguson tractor in the beer garden.
Image: © Jeff Buck
Taken: 10 Mar 2015
0.03 miles
9
Damaged bench mark in Nuns Road
This bench mark is on the city walls in Nuns Road, opposite Black Friars. A piece of the soft sandstone has come away above the horizontal line.
Image: © John S Turner
Taken: 23 Jun 2009
0.03 miles
10
Ordnance Survey Cut Mark
This damaged OS cut mark can be found on the City Walls. It marks a point 16.356m above mean sea level.
Image: © Adrian Dust
Taken: 13 Sep 2022
0.03 miles