Reception Centre

PORTLAND

SY6873 THE CITADEL, The Verne 969-1/3/180 Reception Centre

GV II

Prison Reception Centre. c 1865, possibly by Capt. W. Crossman, RE, general designer of The Citadel. Portland stone, asbestos-cement slate roof. A single-storey L-plan structure, the N/S wing projecting forward of the wing to its left; small projecting porch to front and to right return at front corner. Main front is 3+2 windows, all late C20 good glazing-bar sashes with deep stooled cills. To left are three arched lights, then arched doorway to right in projecting porch, these all with heavy rusticated surrounds and keystones; to right a pair of sashes in plain wall. Right return has arched opening in projection, formerly door, now sash, and a door and two further sashes, plus flat-roofed projection. Windows to flat lintels have slightly rounded angles at the heads of openings. Hipped low-pitch flat roofs, on modillion cornice, and all set to high plain plinth, with rusticated quoins to corners above plinth. Interior not accessible for inspection. All carried out in the style characteristic of The Citadel in the late C19, with excellent late C20 replacement sashes worked by prisoners here.

Listing NGR: SY6919073671