Wavertree Lock-up

Coordinates: 53°23′54″N 2°54′52″W / 53.3983°N 2.9144°W / 53.3983; -2.9144 (Wavertree Lock-up, Liverpool)

Wavertree Lock-up
Location Wavertree, Liverpool
Built 1796
Restored 1869
Restored by James Picton
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated 28 June 1952[1]
Reference no. 213897

Wavertree Lock-up is an 18th century grade II listed village lock-up located in Wavertree, Liverpool, England.

History

Funded by local residents, the lock-up was constructed in 1796 as a drunk tank to hold intoxicated persons overnight. Prior to its construction a local unpaid constable was charged with looking after drunks in their own home all the while claiming an expense of 2 shillings. Eventually it became cheaper for a lock-up to be built rather than house drunks with a constable and therefore the building was constructed. Made from yellow sandstone, the building is octagonal in shape, two storeys high and made of local sandstone.[2]

During the 1840s the lock-up served as an isolation room for cholera victims and later during the Irish famine accommodation for families. In 1869, James Picton replaced the building's original flat roof with a pointed one to prevent prisoners from escaping though the building's roof.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lock Up A Grade II Listed Building in Wavertree, Liverpool". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Historic England, "Lock up, Childwell, Liverpool (1068320)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 June 2017
  3. ↑ Chitty, Mike. "Wavertree Lock-Up". BBC. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
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