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The Governor's house, dating from 1787, with the old prison, chapel and exercise yard, dating from 1847. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {1}
A detailed survey of these buildings was carried out in 2004. The buildings which housed the debtor's prison of 1787 and its associated Governor's house still survive and retain some original features although they have been altered on numerous occasions. They were used to house the City Magistrate's Courts during part of the 20th century and now house a café and other facilities for visitors to the castle. The 1847 prison with associated chapel and exercise yard still survives with many surviving original features including some cell doors and furnishings and the enclosed individual box pews and pulpit in the chapel. However, these buildings have also suffered later alterations and removal of features, and were used to house the county archives for part of the 20th century. In recent years the yards in particular have been neglected and used as a storage area for building materials. The mortuary of 1826 also survives, again with later alterations. {2}
A trial trench evaluation and borehole survey was carried out in February 2009, within the area of the former Debtor's Yard and the Airing Court (the latter is now used as a stone yard) at Lincoln Castle. Two trenches in the Debtor's Yard revealed a compacted horizon at around 63.60m OD, which was interpreted as ground level subsequent to construction in the 1820s of the Crown Wing and Debtor's Yard. Underlying deposits of made ground were probably formed as part of the same construction activity. Two trenches in the former Airing Yard revealed the buried faces of the Yard's perimeter walls on the north side and at the southwest corner. The face of the northern wall was constructed in limestone blocks with brick above, while at the southwest corner the south wall, in limestone, was abutted by the west wall, which comprised a lower portion in limestone with brick above. The 1840s ground level was estimated to lie at approximately 0.70m below existing ground level in the Stone Yard. {3}{4} | Subjects: | Prisons General Archaeology Building | Temporal: | 1787 - 1900 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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