Octagonal Central Office Building At Her Majesty'S Prison is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 March 1981. Prison office building. 3 related planning applications.

Octagonal Central Office Building At Her Majesty'S Prison

WRENN ID
unlit-chamber-heath
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lambeth
Country
England
Date first listed
27 March 1981
Type
Prison office building
Source
Historic England listing

Description

JEBB AVENUE SW2 1. (south side) 5023 Octagonal central office TQ 3074 22/485 building at HM Prison

II

  1. Circa 1820 small 2-storey octagonal building in dull red brick. Low-pitched slated roof with rebuilt central octagonal chimney. On north face a square clock tower with low pyramidal roof and bracketed eaves. Later stock brick buttreses at alternate angles. Sash windows with glazing bars in stucco-lined reveals under segmental arches of bricks on end. This was the former governor's house from whose windows could be seen prisoners working the treadmills which were first used in Brixton prison. The treadmill buildings have been replaced by a one-storey pentice all around the building. Included mainly for historical interest.

Listing NGR: TQ3036874198

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