A day trip to Chester

Tudor building

@Asylum (47893)

Manchester, England

July 18, 2016 3:09pm CST

It is quite a while since I was able to take a holiday, so today I decided to treat myself to a day out instead. I caught a train to Chester, which is a very interesting city and one that I have not been to for quite a few years. This is one of my favourite places. It is also very popular and always full of visitors. It was an important settlement during the Roman occupation of Britain and still has many good quality Roman sights to see. It is also notable for its abundance of Tudor style buildings throughout the city centre. Many of the photographs I tried to take were very blurry due to the strong sunlight. This was unexpected since it has been such a poor summer so far. However, despite the light I did manage to obtain a few rather tolerable photographs, such as the one above.

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@garymarsh6 (23393)

• United Kingdom

18 Jul 16

Chester is beautiful. The sun was very bright today not a bad picture you even managed to get your lift home in the photo too!

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

18 Jul 16

I am not sleeping in the cell tonight Gary, so had to catch the train. Chester is the gateway to Wales from where I live, yet quite distinct from either area. The collection of Tudor buildings along Eastgate make it a very pleasant route to walk.

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@allknowing (130064)

• India

19 Jul 16

i have noticed one thing in the UK. You do maintain the same design for houses.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

Houses can be very varied here, although there are areas that concentrate on specific styles. Many rural villages are solely occupied by stone buildings.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

@allknowing London had a great number of old buildings.

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@allknowing (130064)

• India

19 Jul 16

@Asylum This is the photo I took when I was in London on holiday a few years ago. I found most of the buildings having this pattern not to miss flowers hanging out of balconies

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@rebelann (111223)

• El Paso, Texas

19 Jul 16

I don’t have that kind of problem with photos here probably because we have almost no humidity when it gets hot. Must be nice to finally get some sunshine though.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

Due to not trusting the weather I ended up carrying a jacket all day.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

@rebelann I have heard legends about them, but suspect that they are just rumours.

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@rebelann (111223)

• El Paso, Texas

19 Jul 16

That makes sense @Asylum I've gathered warm sunny days are rare over there.

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@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

18 Jul 16

Adjacent to the local cop shop, was it?

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

18 Jul 16

I think the Police car was there because of a busker in the subway directly behind me in the photograph. She was playing as I passed by, but I then passed an officer on his way down and the busking stopped abruptly.

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@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

18 Jul 16

@Asylum A tolerant lot in Chester then... I once knew someone from Wilmslow, in that General area too, I believe.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

18 Jul 16

@pgntwo Buskers do require a licence, so if someone complained the police would have no option but to intercede.

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@IreneVincent (15962)

• United States

18 Jul 16

Sounds like a nice mini-holiday. The next town over from my town is also named Chester, in the state of Virginia, so your post caught my eye. We also have a beautiful Tudor style mansion that used to be in England and was torn down board by board, crated up and shipped to the USA and rebuilt on the James River not far from where I live. It's called Agecroft Hall. Their are tours of this beautiful home, which has gardens and period furniture. I personally took care of the owner of the mansion. I was her Private Duty Nurse, so I took a special interest in her and her beautiful home.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

18 Jul 16

Oh, so you have been stealing our attractive buildings. The Tudor black and white is quite an impressive sight, which improves vastly with several along the same street. If you mention Chester to anyone in England they immediately picture Tudor buildings.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

@IreneVincent Is London Bridge not enough for you Americans. You will want to buy Buckingham Palace next.

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@IreneVincent (15962)

• United States

19 Jul 16

@Asylum Yes, the couple who took the mansion from England actually rescued it from being torn down and destroyed. It was scheduled for demolition in order to build something else on the property, when this American couple heard about it. The cost of doing what they did was HUGE. The building didn't cost anything but tearing it down board by board and packing it in crates and shipping it to the USA and rebuilding it had to cost a LOT. The husband was very wealthy. He was a heart surgeon, if I remember correctly. I will have to find out where the Tudor mansion was located in England. I know that piece of information is revealed in the video that we watched at Agecroft. I'll see if I can find out for you. Maybe it even came from Chester. I don't know.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

19 Jul 16

This building reminds me of Fachwerk architecture in Germany. Love all the beams. So cute.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

The style is several centuries out of date now, but still as impressive as ever.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

@ElizabethWallace My favourite buildings are the stone ones in several rural areas of England.

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ElizabethWallace

@ElizabethWallace (12074)

• United States

19 Jul 16

@Asylum I think it is stunning. Most modern architecture is too, but for all the wrong reasons.

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@annierose (19095)

• Philippines

19 Jul 16

Such a nice country to visit in the future! Would love to visit it too in the future.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

The Tudor design has always been very attractive.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

@annierose Normally yes, but several Tudor buildings together makes an impressive sight.

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@annierose (19095)

• Philippines

19 Jul 16

@Asylum Do you prefer to see different architectures when you travel?

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (45002)

• Preston, England

20 Jul 16

not been to Chester for a good few years - long overdue to do a pub signs walk there

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

20 Jul 16

There are some decent pub signs there, which I noticed due to reading your previous posts on the subject.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (45002)

• Preston, England

20 Jul 16

@Asylum not been in many in Chester and wasn't into pub signs on my last visit there - have walked the walls and I remember a lovely canal side pub but not its name - lots have civil war connections there

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@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

22 Jul 16

I have always wanted to visit Chester but have never gotten there. I suspect now that my days of traveling to England may be over. Love the Tudor building.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

22 Jul 16

Tudor has always been a very popular style.

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@PatZAnthony (14752)

• Charlotte, North Carolina

19 Jul 16

The Tudor style buildings are really nice-a favorite here.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

They seem to be popular in most circles.

@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

19 Jul 16

Your cameras in the UK are not used to bright sunshine - its a lovely example of architecture, I love the history of the TUDOR era so it would be very nice for me to meander along those paths. I hope you had a wonderful day out venturing - a day out is as good as a One-day-holiday

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

The blend of Tudor and Roman history is rather strange, but expected in Chester.

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@shshiju (10342)

• Cochin, India

19 Jul 16

Good one. Building looks very special

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

Chester is noted for having many such buildings, plus several Roman remains.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

20 Jul 16

@shshiju Areas of that nature have strict controls concerning renovation and devilment. Anything likely to detract from the overall appearance would never receive building permission.

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@shshiju (10342)

• Cochin, India

20 Jul 16

@Asylum Is it preserved well by your govt?

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306523)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

19 Jul 16

Good picture. I always liked that style of architecture.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

There is something special about the black and white blend.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306523)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

19 Jul 16

@Asylum Yes there is.

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@Jeanniemaries (8237)

• United States

22 Jul 16

I love the look of Tudor and bought a house in that style years ago. Maintaining it was a bear.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

22 Jul 16

Maintaining such a house would be a demanding task.

@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

18 Jul 16

I've been to Chester many times, and it does have a unique flavour.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

18 Jul 16

It does and I cannot think of any other city with similar appearance.

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@amadeo (111948)

• United States

18 Jul 16

thank you for info on Chester.The photo there is neat

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

It looks much better from close up.

@Fleura (29136)

• United Kingdom

19 Jul 16

When I was growing up Chester was the city we went to for shopping excursions. I always liked it but didn't really appreciate how special it was until later, of course. I don't think there's anywhere else quite like it.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

It is a very unique city.

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@JudyEv (325923)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Jul 16

That is a great photo. Not being used to such old architecture we were very taken with the Tudor buildings we came across.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

The black and white Tudor design is very impressive, especially when there are several alongside each other.

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@Lucky15 (37346)

• Philippines

18 Jul 16

Nice place ;)

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

19 Jul 16

It is very impressive when viewed on the whole.

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@JohnRoberts (109857)

• Los Angeles, California

18 Jul 16

Is that an old building?

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

18 Jul 16

A good question and I am not sure. Many of the buildings in Chester are quite old, but also several newer buildings have been given the same facia in order to fit in with the general trend.