Former chapel to former Camp Hill Prison, Camp Hill, Parkhurst
Listed grade: Grade 2
Year listed: 2015
Description: Reasons for Listing
The former chapel at Camp Hill Prison, an Early English style chapel constructed circa 1912, is listed at Grade II for the following principal reasons:
* Architectural interest: a good quality Early English style chapel, one of the three most architecturally ambitious original prison buildings within the perimeter walls;
* Rarity: Camp Hill Prison was the only Preventive Detention prison to be specially constructed and the form of the chapel, more like a small parish church than a prison chapel, represents the type of penal system being enforced, and is unique nationally;
* Intactness: intact except for some portable furnishings;
* Group value: the former chapel possesses group value with the Gate House and Administrative Offices, also part of the former prison complex.
(Details from https://historicengland.org.uk/)
