The Rotunda At Maidstone Prison

The Rotunda at Maidstone Prison is a building constructed between 1809 and 1811 by Daniel Alexander. It is the only remaining Turnkey's House of four originally built. The structure was initially surrounded by buildings on all four sides for security purposes. Currently, it consists of one floor with a basement, but it appears to have originally been three storeys and a basement. The building is made of Kentish ragstone and features a slate roof with wide moulded eaves cornice. There is a string course running from the first floor to the ground floor. The rotunda is circular in shape, but the two lower floors splay out on all four sides and were originally connected to other buildings. The second-floor windows are blank sashes, while the first floor has two round-headed windows on each elevation. The ground floor includes fixed windows set in segmental openings supported by cast iron columns. It is attached to the Theatre block on the ground floor and has a domed interior. All the listed buildings at Maidstone Prison form a group.