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Main Bridewell, Cheapside, Liverpool 2
LIVERPOOL'S Main Bridewell, built as a Victorian, escape-proof, lock-up in the 1850s, will soon have a new contingent of inmates...students. The old brick cells, with their vaulted ceilings and stark painted paints will be transformed into bedrooms. They won't be rooms with a view. The small barrel cell windows to all elevations, with cast iron frames and glazing bars, were designed to strengthen the impression of impregnability. Those small ceiling height windows, built to prevent escape, will remain as a source of natural daylight for the new cellmates. There will be 106 bed spaces in 14 clusters, in addition to shared kitchens, a gymnasium, laundry and cinema.
The old building, in Cheapside, off Dale Street, was last used by the police as a jail in 1999.
Main Bridewell, Cheapside, Liverpool 2
LIVERPOOL'S Main Bridewell, built as a Victorian, escape-proof, lock-up in the 1850s, will soon have a new contingent of inmates...students. The old brick cells, with their vaulted ceilings and stark painted paints will be transformed into bedrooms. They won't be rooms with a view. The small barrel cell windows to all elevations, with cast iron frames and glazing bars, were designed to strengthen the impression of impregnability. Those small ceiling height windows, built to prevent escape, will remain as a source of natural daylight for the new cellmates. There will be 106 bed spaces in 14 clusters, in addition to shared kitchens, a gymnasium, laundry and cinema.
The old building, in Cheapside, off Dale Street, was last used by the police as a jail in 1999.