Old City Gaol, Bristol

Old City Gaol, Bristol
Location within Bristol
General information
Town or city Bristol
Country England
Coordinates 51°26′46″N 2°35′53″W / 51.4462°N 2.5980°W / 51.4462; -2.5980
Completed 1832

The Old City Gaol is in Cumberland Road, close to Bristol Harbour, England.

It was built in 1832 by Richard Shackleton Pope after the original, which was designed by HH Seward in 1816 was destroyed in the Bristol Riots of 1831. The gaol was closed in 1883 and largely demolished in 1898. Horfield Prison was built to replace it.

The gaol, entrance wall and gateway & south-east perimeter wall have been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building. It is now the centre-piece of a redevelopment project in this area.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Old City Gaol, south-east perimeter wall". Images of England. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
  2. ↑ "Old City Gaol, entrance wall and gateway". Images of England. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
  3. ↑ "Gruesome Bristol: New Gaol prison (BBC website with links to more items)". Retrieved 2007-04-11.

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