Portal:Cheshire/Did you know/5


 * ...that much of medieval Chester Castle (pictured) was rebuilt in neoclassical style by architect Thomas Harrison around 1800?
 * ... that Holy Trinity Church, Warrington, contains a brass chandelier which formerly hung in St Stephen's Chapel in the British House of Commons?
 * ...that George Ormerod, an English antiquary and historian, was responsible for organising the restoration of the Saxon crosses in Sandbach in 1816?
 * ... that Bridgewater House, Runcorn, was built for the Duke of Bridgewater when he was supervising the building of the Bridgewater Canal in the 1760s, and is now used as offices?

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