Wavertree Lock-up

53.3983°N 2.9144°W / 53.3983; -2.9144 (Wavertree Lock-up, Liverpool)

Wavertree Lock-up
LocationWavertree, Liverpool
Built1796
Restored1869
Restored byJames Picton
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated28 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 through 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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