Chapel and Administration Block

The chapel and administration block were built between 1848 and 1855, designed by J. Weightman. They are constructed of brick with stone dressings and a battered stone plinth. The building is four storeys high, with three bays, and is in the Romanesque style. It features four square turrets with quoins and sill bands. The round-headed windows have angle shafts and archivolts with zig-zag mouldings; those on the ground floor and first floor of the central bay have three lights. The central round-headed entrance has a single order, with a clock above, also within a zig-zag surround. The top of the building has blind crosses and embattled parapets, with the central bay recessed on the top stage.

Historically, Walton Gaol was a significant site for suffragette protests. Following arrests in 1905, the Women's Social and Political Union, founded by Emmeline Pankhurst, adopted a policy of direct action to campaign for women’s suffrage. Imprisonment became a key part of their campaign, and prisoners continued disruptive activities. Marion Wallace Dunlop initiated the first suffragette hunger strike in 1909, which prompted others to follow. In response, authorities began forcibly feeding hunger-striking suffragettes in 1909, a practice that drew controversy. Lady Constance Lytton later disguised herself as a working-class suffragette to participate in a protest and was forcibly fed, highlighting disparities in treatment based on social status, a topic she documented in writing.

The list entry was updated in 2018 as part of the commemorations of the Representation of the People Act of 1918.