Westfield

Westfield is an early 19th-century gaol complex, originally comprising three blocks. Numbers 5 and 7 formerly housed the treadmill, numbers 9 and 11 the turnkey’s house, and the third block contained the men’s cells. The entire complex was converted into dwellings in 1880 by M.L. Whitton, to designs by his brother, James. The outer blocks are constructed of yellow brick and are two storeys high, each featuring four windows with painted stucco lintels and no glazing bars. The ground floors have two canted bays, and doorways with plain pilasters and panelled reveals, accessed by doors of six fielded panels. Later additions have been made. The central block is three storeys high, with canted corners and a hipped roof of Welsh slate. It has a window arrangement of 1-2-1, with rendered lintels. A two-storey rectangular bay with 1-4-1 windows projects from the centre. A glazed porch provides access to a side doorway. Some prisoners’ graffiti remains visible within the building. As a building of group value, it contributes to the character of the area.