Prison Annexe (Formerly The Governor'S House) is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. Annexe, governor's house.
Prison Annexe (Formerly The Governor'S House)
- WRENN ID
- carved-railing-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Preston
- Country
- England
- Type
- Annexe, governor's house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
PRESTON
SD5429 STANLEY STREET 941-1/7/269 (East side) 27/09/79 Prison Annexe (formerly the governor's house)
GV II
Prison governor's house, now annexe to prison. 1834, probably by John Dewhurst. Large rock-faced sandstone blocks, slate roof. Central block with side wings. Castellated Gothic style. Three-storey 3-window entrance block with octagonal corner turrets, heavy roll cornice on blocks in imitation of machicolation, and embattled parapet with shield on central upstand; square embattled porch with panelled door; transomed one-light windows in the centre and cross-windows on each side, all with deep chamfered reveals. Small single-storey wing to left, with chamfered corner and one 2-light window; 2-storey wing to right with central archway now containing window; both these wings altered but in similar style, with embattled parapets. Forms group with Prison (q.v.) and Old Sessions House (q.v.).
Listing NGR: SD5464729683
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