Hm Young Offender Institution, North And East Boundary Walls

PORTLAND

SY67SE 969-1/1/149

THE GROVE, Grove (North side) HM Young Offender Institution, N and E boundary walls

GV II

Boundary walls to N and E sides of prison complex. 1848 and later. Portland stone ashlar or coursed stone. Wall is in three sections; from NW corner of the compound, immediately adjoining boundary wall to the W (qv), a 5-bay section with trapezoidal raised sections over broad flat buttresses externally with segmental link at W end and c 40m to E with broad gateway to segmental arch, voussoirs and keystone over heavy plank framed doors forming main N entry, and immediately N of entrance to E Hall (qv). Wall c 6m high then drops to top level of plain section across full width of site at lower level, here c 5m high, and with two arched openings containing heavy plank doors, one of these at centre, immediately N of Overseer's Hut (qv). At E end rises again and returns to S with long plain wall parallel with E cell block (qv), and a final canted section of c 25m to N of the Chapel. These containing walls are significant as part of the overall ensemble of Victorian prison buildings which they enclose; they are interrupted by late C20 structures in the SE quadrant, where considerable damage occurred during World War II.

Listing NGR: SY7018472409