Archaeologists will probe former Victorian school site in Chester
The site of a fire-ravaged school is being cleared before being restored for student accommodation.
Amended plans were submitted in July to restore the former Abbey Gate School, Victoria Road, alongside a new stand-alone block accommodating a total of 128 student rooms.
Last May the 1871 Victorian property, which was said to have been used as a “drugs den”, went up in flames. The roof was destroyed but the structure remained intact …