Newgate Gaol

Newgate Gaol designed by George Dance, Junior. 1770-82. Photograph c. 1895. According to Betjeman, "The design was deliberately sombre and fortress-like, and the blank walls made interesting by rusticated blocks and recesses. Public hangings took place outside the gaol until May 1868" [GPL].

References

Betjeman, John. Victorian and Edwardian London from Old Photographs. London: B. T. Batsford, 1969. Plate 7.


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