Administrative Offices to former Camp Hill Prison

Prison administrative offices of circa 1912.

MATERIALS: constructed of concrete blocks, moulded into quoins at the corners, reported to have been made by prisoners from nearby Parkhurst Prison. Hipped asbestos tiled roof.

PLAN: the south part is of two storeys with a verandah on three sides, the north part is single-storeyed.

EXTERIOR: the south or entrance front is almost symmetrical with a central gable with kneelers, with a clock face and projecting panel inscribed 'OFFICES'. On the first floor there are eight unequally-spaced sash windows with horns and four-over-four panes. The ground floor has nine windows with ornamental cast iron grilles and a doorcase with rectangular fanlight. The building has moulded quoins and an attached colonial type verandah with a moulded cornice supported on square piers with moulded capitals and plinths.

The southern part of the west front is of two storeys with five windows to the first floor and eight to the ground floor with a similar verandah. The northern part is set back and single-storeyed, also with a verandah.

The southern part of the east front is of two storeys with five windows on the first floor and four on the ground floor with a similar verandah. The northern part is single-storeyed without a verandah.

INTERIOR: there is a plain, straight flight staircase. One ground floor room retains a moulded cornice, dado rail and six-panelled door. No other original fittings survive.