Wall and Main Entrance to Maidstone Prison is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1973. Wall and entrance. 1 related planning application.

Wall and Main Entrance to Maidstone Prison

WRENN ID
half-forge-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 July 1973
Type
Wall and entrance
Address
Wall and Main Entrance to Maidstone Prison, Boxley Road, ME14 1UZ
OS grid reference
TQ 759 564
Coordinates
51.27969, 0.52136
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall and main entrance to Maidstone Prison were built between 1809 and 1811 by Daniel Alexander. The wall is made of Kentish ragstone and stands about 20 feet high, tapering inwards towards the top. It features buttresses at regular intervals and a string course approximately 6 feet from the ground. The main entrance, located along County Road, is constructed of Kentish ragstone ashlar. The central section of the entrance projects slightly and includes a pedimented cornice, with a wide moulded cornice below. It has long and short quoins, a round-headed entrance with stone voussoirs, and a small barred window on the left-hand side. All the listed buildings at Maidstone Prison form a group.

Local climate

Wall and Main Entrance to Maidstone Prison sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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