Description

TL8782
617-1/8/124
03/04/51

THETFORD
OLD MARKET STREET
(South West side)
Nos.4 AND 6
The Old Gaol

II

Gaol. Re-built 1796, enlarged 1816. Converted to flats late
C20. Flint with gault brick dressings. Roof of black-glazed
pantiles. South-east gable wall rebuilt C20 in yellow brick. 3
storeys in 4 bays. All windows under segmental heads. 2 heavy
plank doors set in round-headed recesses, between which are a
10/10 and an 8/8 unhorned sashes. Similar 8/8 sash right of
right-hand door; blind window left of left-hand door. First
floor lit through four 4/4 sashes. Over doors are panels with
carved shackles and in centre is a plaque: `This Gaol was
enlarged in the year 1816'. 4 barred cell windows to 2nd
floor. Dentil eaves cornice under a gabled roof. Internal
gable-end stacks and a central ridge stack. North-west return
has two 2-light casements each floor with shouldered lights.
INTERIOR not inspected.
(Osborne D: A View of Thetford: Thetford: 1985-: 10).

Listing NGR: TL8728882762

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26503155

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Recommended Books

• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)