Listed Building record MWX948 - Lock-up attached to north end of the Town Cellar, Sarum Street, Poole

A lock-up built in 1820. Limestone ashlar with a slate roof. The building was converted to use as a fire engine house in the nineteenth century.

A little stone prison known as the Salisbury gave its name to Salisbury Street. It was built during the 13th and 14th centuries by one of the Earls of Salisbury. Inside are the Town Stocks. <1>

(SZ 00879032) The prison was rebuilt in 1820 and is now used as a Corporation Store. There are no visible remains of the 14th century building. The stocks are no longer inside. <2>

The Gaol, Grade 2. One storey, of stone with a slate roof. In the south-west wall is a wide carriage entrance dating from its use as a fire-engine house in the late 19th century. <3-4>

<1> Short, B, 1932, Poole, p195-196 (Monograph). SWX3535.

<2> Colquhoun, F D, Field Investigators Comments FDC, F1 FDC 03-DEC-51 (Unpublished document). SWX2609.

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 3, 233 (Monograph). SDO150.

‘(354) LOCK-UP, of one storey with walls of brick and stone faced with Portland stone ashlar and a slate-covered lean-to roof, was built against the N.W. side of the Town Cellars (Monument 17) in 1820. The N.W. wall has a doorway with diagonally tooled jambs and head and a keystone inscribed with the date of erection; the door is nail-studded; flanking the doorway are two small rectangular windows with iron bars. In the S.W. wall is a wide carriage entrance of the later 19th century inserted when the building was converted for use as a fire-engine house. The building is vaulted internally with a series of segmental iron plates.’

<4> DOE (HRR), 30 June 1980, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Poole 1980, p51 (Scheduling record). SWX3744.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458263 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 29 2024 3:38PM