Chichester City Walls Conservation Management Plan

Gifford Archaeology was commissioned by Chichester District Council to undertake a multi-disciplinary and integrated Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for Chichester’s nationally important City Walls. These were built in the Roman period and significant parts of the Roman walls survive. Other sections are Saxon and Medieval in date. Altogether this is one of the most complete and important walled enceinte in the UK.

The expert team put together by Gifford to carry out this project included cultural heritage specialists, conservation engineers and ecologists.  As part of the CMP this team produced an Access Plan, Audience Development Plan, Training Plan, Ten Year Maintenance Schedule and Heritage Impact Assessment.  An oral history project was also instigated.

• Near complete circuit of city defensive wall, begun in the Roman period, refurbished by the Anglo-Saxons and extensively rebuilt in the Medieval period.
• A major townscape feature of Chichester with profound influence on civic structures and operations.
• A significant tourism attraction with the potential to offer a focus for celebrations of Chichester’s history and identity.

• Conservation and Management Plan, Ecology, Structural and Photographic Surveys, townscape and public realm works, Audience Development and Access Plan, extensive public consultation
• Training Plan
• Conservation Management and Maintenance Plan for the City Walls
• Heritage Impact Assessment