Detention Block South of Central Block, Hm Prison is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 December 1971. Detention block.
Detention Block South of Central Block, Hm Prison
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1971
- Type
- Detention block
- Address
- Detention Block South of Central Block, Hm Prison, Gaol Road
- OS grid reference
- SJ 921 237
- Coordinates
- 52.81111, -2.11753
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The detention block south of the central block at H.M. Prison was built around 1840 by Joseph Potter Jnr. It is constructed of brick with ashlar dressings and features a slate roof. The building has a T-plan and is three stories high, with a symmetrical design. It has modillioned brick eaves and a central entrance. Above the entrance, there are tall three-light pointed windows with moulded arches and cast-iron casements, though the windows in the cells have been altered at a later date. The block includes massive air shafts with panelled sides and a central octagonal lantern fitted with cast-iron lights.
Local climate
Detention Block South of Central Block, Hm Prison receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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