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Old Parish Lock Up

A Grade II Listed Building in Hampstead Town, London

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.5598 / 51°33'35"N

Longitude: -0.1745 / 0°10'28"W

OS Eastings: 526643

OS Northings: 186126

OS Grid: TQ266861

Mapcode National: GBR D0.GNY

Mapcode Global: VHGQR.X2M2

Plus Code: 9C3XHR5G+W6

Entry Name: Old Parish Lock Up

Listing Date: 11 August 1950

Last Amended: 11 January 1999

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1272513

English Heritage Legacy ID: 476839

ID on this website: 101272513

Location: Vale of Health, Camden, London, NW3

County: London

District: Camden

Electoral Ward/Division: Hampstead Town

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Camden

Traditional County: Middlesex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London

Church of England Parish: Christ Church Hampstead

Church of England Diocese: London

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Description



CAMDEN

TQ2686SE CANNON LANE
798-1/17/168 (West side)
11/08/50 No.11
Old parish lock-up
(Formerly Listed as:
CANNON PLACE
Old Parish Lock-up)

GV II

Parish lock-up, now forming the entrance passage to a later
house. c1730, built into garden wall of No.14, Cannon Place
(qv). Brown brick wall with plinth base and circular tie
plates. Single storey 2 windows. Segmental arched doorway with
brick dentil cornice and original ledged and braced door with
wrought-iron hinges. Doorway flanked on either side by small,
heavily barred, lunettes. INTERIOR: vaulted brick single cell.
HISTORICAL NOTE: prisoners were held here prior to appearing
before magistrates at No.14 Cannon Place. The lock-up was in
use until 1832 and is one of the few left in London.

Listing NGR: TQ2664386126

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