Reg No
21008040
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical, Social
Original Use
Prison/jail
Date
1800 - 1820
Coordinates
84411, 113669
Date Recorded
04/10/2005
Date Updated
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Detached five-bay two-storey prison, built c. 1810, now in poor condition. Pitched natural slate roof with concrete barging to party walls, red brick chimneystack, cast-iron rainwater goods and having limestone ashlar at eaves course. Nap rendered walls. Timber sliding sash windows with cast-iron grilles and stone sills. Timber panelled door with ashlar limestone surround. Segmental-arched openings with cast-iron grilles. Loop openings with ashlar limestone surrounds. Roger Casement reputedly held here.