Prison Attached To North End Of Court House

SE 3456 KNARESBOROUGH CASTLE YARD (south side) 8/93 Prison attached to north end of Court House (q.v.)

GV II

Prison, now veterans club with covered platform. 1786 with medieval foundations, restored C20. Coursed squared gritstone, stone slate roof. Single storey, with cells below; 1 bay with glazed platform to right. Platform on right has 6 steps up to opening in low wall. Main block has 3- light C18 window with transom and segmental arch under hoodmould. Stone corbels support guttering. Hipped roof, small flue pipe to rear stack. Rear: wall of glazed platform on left has blocked flat-arched doorway partly below ground level. The wall has been raised above lintel height; flat coping. Right return: entrance to main block is under glazed shelter, through probably C20 doorway on right. Left return: 2 large round-arched windows with C20 3-light casements with transom. Interior not inspected. The building probably contained 2 cells in the mid C19 and was the Castle Prison for the Forest and Forest Liberty of Knaresborough. Ordnance Survey, Map of Knaresborough, 5 feet to 1 mile, 1851.

Listing NGR: SE3490356880