Detention Block North 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 North Of Central Block, Hm Prison
- WRENN ID
- small-wattle-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 December 1971
- Type
- Detention block
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
STAFFORD
SJ9223NW GAOL ROAD 590-1/9/26 (East side) 17/12/71 Detention block north of Central block, H.M. Prison (Formerly Listed as: GAOL ROAD Detention Block at HM Prison to North of Central block)
GV II
Also known as: The Crescent, H.M. Prison GAOL ROAD. Detention block. 1832-3, by Joseph Potter Jnr; altered and enlarged 1861-6, by R Griffiths. Brick with ashlar dressings; slate roof. 3-storeys; symmetrical range with concave facade and gabled centre. Modillioned brick eaves. Central entrance. 3 round-headed windows above entrance have lintels with enriched 'finial' keys and cast-iron casements, that to centre with segmental pediment dated 1864; windows to cells altered at a later date. Massive air shafts with panelled sides. (Victoria County History of Staffordshire: Greenslade MW: A History of Stafford, taken from VCH: London: 1979-: 204-5).
Listing NGR: SJ9214023871
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