Gate house to former Camp Hill Prison is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 April 2015. Prison gate house.

Gate house to former Camp Hill Prison

WRENN ID
stony-lintel-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Country
England
Date first listed
15 April 2015
Type
Prison gate house
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gatehouse to the former Camp Hill Prison was built around 1912. It is constructed from concrete blocks that were reportedly made by prisoners at the nearby Parkhurst Prison.

The building features a curved entrance front on the north-east side, leading to single-storey blocks behind, which have verandahs. The north-east front has a curved wall at the corner of the perimeter wall. In the center, there is a carriage entrance with wooden double doors, topped with iron railings and a cornice. This entrance is flanked by taller piers that have moulded cornices and are topped with ball finials on plinths. A later addition includes a pedestrian entrance on the left side. The ends of the building have identical piers.

On the south-west side, there is a tall central entrance that projects outward, featuring a moulded cornice and an elliptical carriage arch with iron gates and splayed sides. Each splay has a pedestrian entrance with cast iron grilles decorated with scroll and circle designs.

Inside the courtyard, there are single-storey rooms behind projecting verandahs, which are supported by four elliptical arches resting on tapering square columns with moulded capitals and plinths. The interior does not retain any original fittings, and it has been noted that the modern interior and late 20th-century murals created by prisoners are not considered to have special architectural or historic interest.

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