Edinburgh Castle, Military Prison Edinburgh, Scotland

Listed Building Data

Edinburgh Castle, Military Prison has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

Historic Scotland ID
395619 (entity ID)
Building ID
48222
Canmore ID
253939
Category
A
Name
Edinburgh Castle, Military Prison
Parish
Edinburgh
County
Edinburgh, City Of
Easting
325123
Northing
673437
Date Listed
14 December 1970
Source
Historic Environment Scotland Portal: LB48222 official listing
More Info
Canmore: 253939 map, documents, images, activities, notes, etc.

Listed Building Description

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

1840-2, extended circa 1880. 2-storey rectangular-plan miniature model prison. Coursed ashlar with polished dressings. Crowstepped gables. Forestair giving access to upper level to N (see Notes). Block-pedimented door to E. Hood-moulded mullioned and transomed bipartite window to S. INTERIOR: central galleried hall with single cells opening off ground floor and cast-iron stair leading to metal-bracketed balcony giving access to further single cells. Round-arched window at gallery level contained in semi-elliptical over-arch.

Listed Building Statement of Special Interest

Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

The A Group comprises Batteries, Foog's Gate, Gatehouse, Governor's House, Great Hall, Lang Stairs, Military Prison, National War Museum, New Barracks, Old Guardhouse, Palace Block, Portcullis Gate, St Margaret's Chapel, Scottish National War Memorial, Telephone Kiosks, United Services Museum and Vaults, all within Edinburgh Castle, and in the Care of Historic Scotland. Built for soldiers from the Castle garrison; closed in 1923, when the garrison was concentrated at Redford Barracks. Cells had a wooden bed and shelves, and were heated by a warm-air system. Rear wing, forestair and crowstep-gabled upper storey added 1880.

Listed Building References

Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

Gifford, McWilliam and Walker EDINBURGH (1984) p MacIvor EDINBURGH CASTLE (1993). https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/edinburgh-castle