The Old Borough Of Scarborough Jail

DEAN ROAD 1. 5341

TA 0388 3/224 The Old Borough of Scarborough Jail II

1. Old Borough of Scarborough Jail. 1866 by William Baldwin Stewart and Alexander Taylor. Closed 1878, now Council depot. Stone faced brick perimeter wall, brick with slate roof. Wall: gothick, crenellated with 4 turrets and arrow slits. Entrance; crenellated, machicolated, elliptical arch with grotesque corbely between 4 arrow slits set above each other, two on each side; circular plaque on parapet carved with seal of Borough and circular inscription: SIGILLVM COMVNE BVRGERSIV.DE SCARDEBVRG + On either side, 2 turrets, 3 storeys; 3 round headed sash window.ground floor; 1st floor, pointed 2-light window with Y-tracery and transoms set between 2 arrow slits; 3rd floor.'2 pointed sash windows. Adjacent wall to left: crenellated 2 storey, lancets 2:2; to right crenellated with gabled door, 3-light pointed sash window ground floor and 1 and 2 light pointed sash window 1st floor. all continues in brick with stone corbel table to plain parapet punctuated by the crenellated towers with arrow slits: Central block 3 storeys 3 bay facade with gabled entrance and paired, 6-point sash windows. Stacks corbelled out on either side of lancet - lit central gable. Elevation: 3 storeys, 10 bays, barred windows. Ventilation shaft over top lit central wall. Interior wall preserved with original cell fittings and spiral staircase. The complex includes sexagonal guard room, 1 storey with 9-pane sashes, in side the entrance; two ranges of 1-storey workshops, much altered and two auxilliary rectangular stone houses.

Listing NGR: TA0367988920