Excerpt from The Medieval Architecture of Chester
The city of Chester is one of remarkable interest to the student both of history and of architecture, two studies which should always be carried on together, for the one throws continual light upon the other. Historically - as the principal border-town and fortress between England and Wales - Chester occupies a conspicuous place in the long struggle for the subjugation of Wales throughout the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; architecturally, it has several peculiar features. Portions of the walls are Roman, and other remains of that period have been found from time to time. After the fall of the Roman power there is, as usual, a long interval, during which there are no remains, until we come to the eleventh century. During that interval it is probable that the buildings were entirely of wood, and a great part of the fortifications earthen embankments with wooden palisades, which were not replaced by stone walls until late in the thirteenth century, as appears from the royal mandate of Henry III. printed at p. 40; for although this applies to the bailey or court of the castle only, it is not probable that this would remain of wood after the walls of the town were of stone. The plan and the character of the present fortifications are Edwardian.
From the time of the Norman Conquest to the Reformation we have a series of examples of Church architecture, the work being continually carried on, with short intervals only. St. John's, though without the walls, was originally designed in the time of William I. for the cathedral, and the seat of the bishop was not finally removed to St. Werburgh's until the time of Henry VIII. During the whole of these five centuries each church was carried on, and neither was ever completed.
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