Her Majesty's Prison: Main entrance and two flanking wings

Her Majesty's Prison: Main entrance and two flanking wings, St Loyes Street, Bedford, MK40 1HG

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1321042
Date first listed:: 14-May-1971
List Entry Name:: Her Majesty's Prison: Main entrance and two flanking wings
Statutory Address:: Her Majesty's Prison: Main entrance and two flanking wings, St Loyes Street, Bedford, MK40 1HG

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1321042
Date first listed:: 14-May-1971
Date of most recent amendment:: 15-Feb-1993
List Entry Name:: Her Majesty's Prison: Main entrance and two flanking wings
Statutory Address 1:: Her Majesty's Prison: Main entrance and two flanking wings, St Loyes Street, Bedford, MK40 1HG

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Her Majesty's Prison: Main entrance and two flanking wings, 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 04754 50053

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.

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ST LOYES STREET (north side) Her Majesty's Prison: Main entrance and two flanking wings

(Formerly listed under DAME ALICE STREET, previously listed as HM Prison)

II Prison entrance and wings.1848-9 by Thomas Smith. Flemish bond red brick with slate dressings. Slate hipped roofs. Brick axial stacks.

Plan: central entrance block with carriageway through and flanking wings attached only by prison wall behind.

Exterior: two storeys and basements, three bay central entrance and flanking wings, all with rusticated stone quoins, plinths, string courses and cornices. Central entrance with pedimented advanced outer bays, central round arch carriageway with vermicutated rustication to voussoirs and large double doors, two-light windows, the flat arches with large voussoirs and stone mullion. The flanking wings have pedimented centres breaking forwards with recessed round-headed doorways with keystones, fanlights, glazed doors and steps with iron balustrades and twelve-pane sashes with flat brick arches.

Interiors: not inspected.

Note: Bedford Prison was built in 1801 to the designs of John Wing (1756-1826). In 1848-9 it was extended, the perimeter walls and front entrance were rebuilt and the flanking front wings added by Thomas Smith, the County Surveyor for Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.

Source: HMP Bedford, Prison Handbook, and notes.

Listing NGR: TL0475450053

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 35507
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

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Her Majestys Prison Bedford Handbook

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.