Chester Rows east side of Northgate Street. Originally there were also Rows in Lower Bridge Street but these were blocked during the 17th and 18th centuries. As the ground floor buildings are usually lower than the street level, they are sometime known as "crypts". However, as the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner points out, this is not a strictly accurate description because the level of the floors of the buildings is a half-storey rather than a full-storey level below the street. Rows were built in the four main streets leading from Chester Cross, each of which originated during the settlement's early development. In
Sand cat dark rings alternating with buff bands. The head is sandy brown, whereas the lower and upper lips, chin, throat and belly are white. Some individuals have a yellowish throat. The large, greenish yellow eyes are ringed with white, and the nose is blackish. The lower part of the face is whitish, and a faint reddish line runs from the outer corner of each eye across the cheeks. Its whiskers are white and up to long. It is a small cat characterised by a flat, wide head, short legs and a relatively long tail of . It reaches at the shoulder