Lock-up at Monkton Combe

Late C18 Bath stone lock-up.

MATERIALS: Bath stone walls and roof with timber door and metal grille.

PLAN: square plan.

EXTERIOR: a small square plan ashlar Bath stone lock-up with domical stone roof and string course. The north-western elevation has a narrow square headed door opening with an iron studded plank door. The door has long strap hinges with large lozenge shaped ends and a barred peep hole. Next to the doorway is a vertical iron bar and a small metal plaque. The south-west elevation has two irregular sets of ventilation holes just below the string course. The south-east and north-east elevations have a stone plinth to accommodate the changing ground levels. The south-east elevation also has several modern metal hooks embedded into the mortar joints.

INTERIOR: the lock-up is divided north-south into two rectangular windowless cells by a stone partition with internal doorway with a recess for the cell door (removed). The floor is flagstone and the space is open to the internal face of the domical roof.