Lock-up at Pensford

Lock-up, mid-C18.

MATERIALS: mixed rubble-stone, including limestone.

PLAN: octagonal.

EXTERIOR: the lock-up is octagonal in plan, on a low stone plinth and is built into a bank at the rear (east), and with a later wall built at an angle against its south side. It is constructed of rubble-stone with freestone dressings, and its domed ashlar roof with a ball finial is set back from the main body of the building. The entrance is central on the west elevation with a step up from the road, and a high step into the building. The plank door is a C20 replacement. On each face flanking the door is a high-level ventilation slit.

INTERIOR: a single space, with a stone bench on the east side. The floor is of limestone setts. One iron ring-shackle is fixed to the wall above the bench, and the ventilation slits have a single wrought-iron vertical bar.