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HMP Wakefield
Hob Uid: 1139197
Location : Wakefield Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SE3252020790
Summary : The prison was built between 1843 and 1847 to the designs of Bernard Hartley, the West Riding surveyor. Convicts were held in B- and C- Wings. A- and D- Wings accommodated long-term prisoners. F-Wing was a boys' penitentiary. G-Wing was a receiving block for new prisoners. HMP Wakefield remained a local prison until 1945, when it became a training prison. In 1975 it became a dispersal prison for high risk, long-term inmates. The prison is built of brick and has a radial plan with four wings. The original gatehouse was situated on Love Lane opposite the central block of the prison. The modern gatehouse lies at the south end of Love Lane. The site of the old house of correction is now occupied by workshops. The original gatehouse was flanked by the chaplain's house and the governor's house. The gatehouse was replaced in 1973. The original was demolished in 1982. In 1875 A- and D-Wings were heightened by one storey. The chapel is a polygonal building at the south end of A-Wing. It was damaged by fire in 1979 and rededicated in 1992. In 1993 G-Wing was demolished.
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Source details : Duncan R S. 1994. Here we go round the Mulberry Bush
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Horsfall Turner J. 1904. The Annals of Wakefield House of Correction
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Before 1865.
Monument End Date : 1865
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Monument Type : Prison, Prison Treadmill
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Built between 1843 and 1847.
Monument End Date : 1847
Monument Start Date : 1843
Monument Type : Prison, Juvenile Prison, Chapel, Cell Block, Wash House, Gatehouse, Kitchen, Prison Governors House, Chaplaincy, School
Evidence : Extant Building, Demolished Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Damaged by fire in 1979.
Monument End Date : 1979
Monument Start Date : 1979
Monument Type : Dispersal Prison, Chapel
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Demolished in 1982.
Monument End Date : 1982
Monument Start Date : 1982
Monument Type : Dispersal Prison, Gatehouse, Prison Governors House, Chaplaincy
Evidence : Demolished Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Refurbished between 1990 and 1993.
Monument End Date : 1993
Monument Start Date : 1990
Monument Type : Dispersal Prison, Hospital
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Rededicated in 1992.
Monument End Date : 1992
Monument Start Date : 1992
Monument Type : Dispersal Prison, Chapel
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Demolished in 1993.
Monument End Date : 1993
Monument Start Date : 1993
Monument Type : Dispersal Prison, Cell Block
Evidence : Demolished Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Built between 1863 and 1865.
Monument End Date : 1865
Monument Start Date : 1863
Monument Type : Prison, Bakehouse, Bath House
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Enlarged in 1875.
Monument End Date : 1875
Monument Start Date : 1875
Monument Type : Local Prison, Cell Block, Hospital
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Built after 1875.
Monument End Date :
Monument Start Date : 1875
Monument Type : Local Prison, Workshop
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Renovated during 1900s.
Monument End Date : 1909
Monument Start Date : 1900
Monument Type : Local Prison, Hospital
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Renovated in 1904.
Monument End Date : 1904
Monument Start Date : 1904
Monument Type : Local Prison, Cell Block
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Recategorised in 1945.
Monument End Date : 1945
Monument Start Date : 1945
Monument Type : Closed Training Prison
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Built in 1973.
Monument End Date : 1973
Monument Start Date : 1973
Monument Type : Closed Training Prison, Gatehouse
Evidence : Extant Building

Monument Period Name : 20th Century
Display Date : Recategorised in 1975.
Monument End Date : 1975
Monument Start Date : 1975
Monument Type : Dispersal Prison
Evidence : Extant Building

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External Cross Reference Source : NBR Index Number
External Cross Reference Number : 93722
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External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 444629
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SE 32 SW 71
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Relationship type : General association

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Associated Activities :
Activity type : ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY
Start Date : 1995-01-01
End Date : 1998-12-01

Historic England Research Records

HMP Wakefield