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Latitude: 50.5506 / 50°33'2"N
Longitude: -2.4222 / 2°25'19"W
OS Eastings: 370185
OS Northings: 72402
OS Grid: SY701724
Mapcode National: GBR PZ.3CZN
Mapcode Global: FRA 57TL.VKV
Plus Code: 9C2VHH2H+64
Entry Name: HM Young Offender Institution, Overseer's Hut with Inclines
Listing Date: 17 May 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1281834
English Heritage Legacy ID: 382039
ID on this website: 101281834
Location: Grove, Dorset, DT5
County: Dorset
Civil Parish: Portland
Built-Up Area: Grove
Traditional County: Dorset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Dorset
Church of England Parish: Portland All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Salisbury
Tagged with: Architectural structure
PORTLAND
SY67SE
969-1/1/148
THE GROVE, Grove
(North side)
HM Young Offender Institution,
Overseer's Hut with inclines
GV
II
Overseer's hut. c 1848. Portland stone ashlar, including roof.
A small building set into ground slope to S, and facing N
opposite entry through N boundary wall (qv); a semi-octagonal
front has central C19 plank door to segmental head flanked in
the canted sides by single deep-set casements. Steep pitched
roof is in solid stone overlapping slabs, and over the door is
a small stone gablet projecting from the semi-octagonal
hipped roof. Back is plain, partly into bank. On either side
are approach inclines from the main prison level, in large
Portland stone setts, and with stone gutter sections on N
side. Interior not seen. This was provided for overseeing
activities by prisoners entering and leaving by the doorway
central to the N wall, and it is set on the central axis of
the whole complex aligned on the main gate (qv) to the S.
Listing NGR: SY7018572402
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