Have you ever walked down Water Street and wondered about the history of the façades on some of the amazing buildings? The façade of probably the most interesting of all these buildings, Bishop Lloyd’s Palace, was the subject of a talk at Chester Civic Trust by Karen Mc Kay on Friday 22 August.
In a talk that Karen made both entertaining and interesting, we learned about the earliest carvings on the façade of this Grade one listed building. The carvings cannot be seen clearly from street level but with the help of drone photography from Skysnapper Aerial Photography these early 17th carvings, influenced by the Merchant Adventurers who occupied this site at the time, can be seen clearly despite hundreds of years of exposure to the elements.
Karen explained the differing architectural styles and the influence of the interest in travel and fantastical creatures prevalent at that time. She brought these wonderful carvings to life.