Her Majesty's Prison: Perimeter wall is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1993. A Victorian Prison perimeter wall.
Her Majesty's Prison: Perimeter wall
- WRENN ID
- third-brass-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bedford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1993
- Type
- Prison perimeter wall
- Period
- Victorian
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 17 May 2023 to amend the address and reformat the text to current standards.
TL 0450 1/10002
ST LOYES STREET Her Majesty's Prison: Perimeter Wall
(Formerly listed under DAME ALICE STREET)
II Prison perimeter walls. 1848-9 by Thomas Smith. English bond red brick, the round corners in header bond. Ballnose brick coping. Tall walls, approximately rectangular on plan, on north-south axis with rounded corners and entrance block and wings (qv) on south end. Round turrets with large rusticated stone domed caps.
Note: Bedford Prison was built in 1801 to the designs of John Wing (1756-1826). In 1848-9 it was extended, the perimeter walls and front entrance (qv) were rebuilt and the flanking front wings (qv) added by Thomas Smith, County Surveyor for Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.
Source: HMP Bedford, Prison Handbook, and notes.
Listing NGR: TL0480850215
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