Hm Young Offender Institution, Overseer'S Hut With Inclines is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1993. Institution. 6 related planning applications.
Hm Young Offender Institution, Overseer'S Hut With Inclines
- WRENN ID
- shifting-wall-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1993
- Type
- Institution
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
PORTLAND
SY67SE 969-1/1/148
THE GROVE, Grove (North side) HM Young Offender Institution, Overseer's Hut with inclines
GV II
Overseer's hut. c 1848. Portland stone ashlar, including roof. A small building set into ground slope to S, and facing N opposite entry through N boundary wall (qv); a semi-octagonal front has central C19 plank door to segmental head flanked in the canted sides by single deep-set casements. Steep pitched roof is in solid stone overlapping slabs, and over the door is a small stone gablet projecting from the semi-octagonal hipped roof. Back is plain, partly into bank. On either side are approach inclines from the main prison level, in large Portland stone setts, and with stone gutter sections on N side. Interior not seen. This was provided for overseeing activities by prisoners entering and leaving by the doorway central to the N wall, and it is set on the central axis of the whole complex aligned on the main gate (qv) to the S.
Listing NGR: SY7018572402
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