Her Majesty's Prison: Wings A, B, C and F including former chapel wing
Her Majesty's Prison: Wings A, B, C and F including former chapel wing, St Loyes Street, Bedford, MK40 1HG
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1221961
- Date first listed:
- 15-Feb-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Her Majesty's Prison: Wings A, B, C and F including former chapel wing
- Statutory Address:
- Her Majesty's Prison: Wings A, B, C and F including former chapel wing, St Loyes Street, Bedford, MK40 1HG
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1221961
- Date first listed:
- 15-Feb-1993
- List Entry Name:
- Her Majesty's Prison: Wings A, B, C and F including former chapel wing
- Statutory Address 1:
- Her Majesty's Prison: Wings A, B, C and F including former chapel wing, 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: Wings A, B, C and F including former chapel wing, 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 04775 50119
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
1/10001
ST LOYES STREET
Her Majesty's Prison: Wings A, B, C and F including former Chapel Wing
(Formerly listed under DAME ALICE STREET)
II
Prison extension. 1848-9 by Thomas Smith. English bond red brick. Slate roofs with pedimental gable ends and hipped over centre. Brick axial stacks and large brick hexagonal ventilation flue.
Plan: T-shaped plan, the wings radiating from central hall have galleried cells giving on to axial wells.
Exterior: three storeys. Mostly small segmental arched windows with stone cills, large recessed round arch windows on ends of wings rising into the gables; brick modillion eaves. Central hall is slightly taller, has splayed corners and large slightly battered hexagonal ventilation flue (plenum system) at apex of hipped roof. Former chapel wing attached to south wing and original block (qv).
Interior not inspected, but said to retain original galleried arrangement.
Note: Bedford Prison was built to the designs of John Wing (1756-1826). In 1848-9 it was extended, the perimeter walls (qv) and front entrance (qv) were rebuilt and the flanking front wings (qv) were added by Thomas Smith, the County Surveyor for Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. Source: HMP Bedford, Prison Handbook, and notes.
Listing NGR: TL0477550119
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 350234
- 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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