The Old Northgate Chester 3D Reconstruction

A 3D reconstruction of the Old Northgate in Chester as it may have appeared just before the English Civil War. I have based the gate on a Randle Holme drawing from the period which can be seen at the start of the video. The buildings outside the walls were pulled down between 1642-44 to prevent cover for the besieging Parliamentary force so the appearance of the Little St John Hospital (site of the Bluecoat Centre today) and houses outside the walls are conjectural. The gate itself continued to change and expand, as it also housed the city Gaol until around 1810 when it was rebuilt by Thomas Harrison. The ditch before the wall follows the line of the original Roman defences. The Shropshire Union Canal was cut along the line of the Northern ditch in the 1770s.

The video Was produced with Blender, 3DCoat, Unity5 and Premiere pro.

[boothenroar]

Typing this from my house about 200 metres from the north gate, brilliant reconstruction

[grahamgibbs]

Delightful video of my local area. Thanks

[iyorkuk]

Just think these recreations are utterly stunning, true genius at work

[steves]

WOW! Brilliant reconstruction.
I live a few miles from Northgate Chester and travel past it regularly.

[BigTez]

I've watched a few of these recreations and they amaze me . I like this the best, even though they're CGI it still gives an insight. Love the idea most of the buildings within the walls are still there and the Pied Bull certainly was.

[goodtechtips]

Delighted to see this in the Northwich Guardian. Congratulations. It is great that a wider audience will get to see your work.

[critterpaws]

Amazing. Wonderfully made and so enjoyable music . Congratulations on excellent work. I have subscribe today June 2017 to watch more of your work.

[neillynchehaun]

These videos are very good. Great to see somewhere I'm familiar with, as it was in the past. I know you are using old drawings and a degree of interpretation. How accurate do you think they are? I would love to see an overlay of the same places as they are today. Fabulous videos. Thank you.

[Chesterman]

Fantastic, highly skilled and imaginative concept. Todays buildings are superimposed in the mind. The small church just outside the gate could be the founding of the Bishops Blue Coat School? Have subscribed in ever anticipation of more of Chester. Thanks.

[wooj]

Fantastic, are there any plans to do the whole town?

[Mazzerfatcat]

This is fantastic. Can I ask what the music is as that's great too?

[jontalbot]

It’s good but the colour is wrong. The walls are sandstone and redder than portrayed here

[jiensuyang]

Millions of old forts and castles but this artist chose this particular castle . Does no one wonder why ? It was once called deva . No one wonders why?