PORTICO, City Walls Trail
Chester
PORTICO is an EU-funded partnership in cooperation with the Initiatief Domplein Foundation. The practice undertook a Feasibility Study and Masterplan to show how a scheme improving physical and intellectual access to the city can be implemented along Chester’s City Walls, a Scheduled Monument with individually listed towers.
Donald Insall Associates led works to repair and reuse the towers and structures along the City Walls, using lightweight materials, to improve interpretation and access for visitors. The elegant and modern designs of the new additions provide enhanced facilities such as assembly space for groups and guided tours, and will improve the setting and interpretation of the towers.
By opening up some of the disused towers, we were able to offer additional high-level views of the amphitheatre and Roman Gardens, for example, which enhances the visitor experience of exploring the walls by making connections with other heritage sites in Chester.
