Taken from McCormick architecture web site.
"PLANNING PERMISSION GIVEN FOR HISTORIC SHOT TOWER SITE
Full detailed planning permission has been granted for a development on the site of Chester’s canal side Grade II Listed Lead Shot Tower. Designed by Chester-based McCormick Architecture for Property Regeneration Chester Ltd, the plans incorporate the tower within a scheme of 33 one and two-bedroomed apartments, a element of which will be affordable housing, and 23,000 square feet of offices, commercial and café space, as well as parking and landscaping.
Chester’s lead works were established in the late 18th Century to manufacture shot for British muskets during the Napoleonic Wars and shot manufacture continued on the site until 1986 when the works closed down. Chester’s Lead Shot Tower is the only remaining historic shot tower in the UK.
The site is also of local importance as at 51.2 metres (168 feet) it is currently the highest structure in Chester, being slightly taller than the Town Hall tower, which stands at 160 feet tall.
Commented Gavin Raw, Managing Director of Property Regeneration Chester Ltd, “We have been working with McCormick Architecture, local planners and the council’s Conservation department for some time to achieve plans for a development that will be a positive addition to the historic Lead Shot Tower and the canal side, so we are delighted to have gained planning permission.”
Said Sean McCormick of McCormick Architecture, “This site already had outline approval for development and we have designed a new scheme in a more sympathetic way to respect the existing listed buildings and provide more dynamic office accommodation.."
The works yard today.
The tower today. With hordings all the way round. I love the bright blue really in keeping with the area.