Her Majesty's Prison: governor's office, offices, boardroom, security and reception block
Her Majesty's Prison: governor's office, offices, boardroom, security and reception block, St Loyes Street, Bedford, MK40 1HG
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1200354
- Date first listed:
- 15-Feb-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Her Majesty's Prison: governor's office, offices, boardroom, security and reception block
- Statutory Address:
- Her Majesty's Prison: governor's office, offices, boardroom, security and reception block, St Loyes Street, Bedford, MK40 1HG
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1200354
- Date first listed:
- 15-Feb-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Her Majesty's Prison: governor's office, offices, boardroom, security and reception block
- Statutory Address 1:
- Her Majesty's Prison: governor's office, offices, boardroom, security and reception block, St Loyes Street, Bedford, MK40 1HG
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Her Majesty's Prison: governor's office, offices, boardroom, security and reception block, St Loyes Street, Bedford, MK40 1HG
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bedford (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 04780 50070
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 17 May 2023 to amend the address and reformat the text to current standards.
TL 0450
1/10000
ST LOYES STREET
Her Majesty's Prison: Governor's office, offices, boardroom, security and reception block
(Formerly listed under DAME ALICE STREET)
II
Original prison. 1801 by John Wing. Flemish bond red brick with painted stone dressings. Slate roofs with stone coped pedimental gable ends. Brick end stacks.
Plan: cruciform plan, the rear wing subsumed into 1848-9 extension (qv). 1848-9 'F' wing added on east and C20 wing added on west.
Exterior: three storeys. 4:3:4 bay south front, centre three in projecting wing with rebuilt pedimental gable with bullseye. Bands at first floor and mid storey level. Plain stone window architraves, sills, and bars; centre three in round-headed arches, the central doorway with semi-circular fanlight and glazed double doors. Central three windows on first and second floor are C19 twelve-pane sashes. C20 single storey wing in angle on right; C20 extension on left (west) end and 1848-9 'F' wing on right (east). Small first and second floor rear windows with cill bands; the east wing's ground floor rear windows have round arches.
Interior: not inspected.
Note: Bedford Prison was built in 1801 to the designs of John Wing (1756-1826), architect and builder. In 1848-9 it was extended, the perimeter walls (qv) and front entrance (qv) were rebuilt and the flanking front wings (qv) added by Thomas Smith, the County Surveyor for Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.
Source: HMP Bedford, Prison Handbook, and notes. Circa 1820, illustration by Fisher.
Listing NGR: TL0478050070
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 350233
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Her Majestys Prison Bedford Handbook, ()
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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