Stroud Poor Law Institution Including the Lock Up is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1974. Institution. 1 related planning application.
Stroud Poor Law Institution Including the Lock Up
- WRENN ID
- unlit-quartz-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1974
- Type
- Institution
- Address
- Stroud Poor Law Institution Including the Lock Up, 129, Bisley Road, GL5 1JD
- OS grid reference
- SO 863 049
- Coordinates
- 51.74305, -2.19915
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Stroud Poor Law Institution, built in 1836, is a notable example of ashlar construction featuring pitched stone roofs. This three-storey building is designed as a double panopticon, with administrative buildings located in the center. It includes a chapel that has a cupola, Gothick windows, and remnants of internal wall paintings. Additionally, there is a superintendent's house added in 1899 and a lock-up that contains cells and a Dead Room.
Local climate
Stroud Poor Law Institution Including the Lock Up receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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