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Latitude: 56.23 / 56°13'47"N
Longitude: -5.0721 / 5°4'19"W
OS Eastings: 209668
OS Northings: 708401
OS Grid: NN096084
Mapcode National: GBR 00.CDJX
Mapcode Global: WH1JP.2N0X
Plus Code: 9C8P6WHH+X5
Entry Name: The Old Jail, Inveraray
Listing Name: Old Jail, Crown Point
Listing Date: 4 August 1966
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 379478
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB35034
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Inveraray, The Old Jail
ID on this website: 200379478
Location: Inveraray
County: Argyll and Bute
Town: Inveraray
Electoral Ward: Mid Argyll
Traditional County: Argyllshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
C.1820. Plain Georgian. J Gillespie-Graham. 2 storeys.
Coursed rubble, partly harled; piended slate roof.
Projecting pavilions on 2 sides. Moulded eaves course.
Iron bars at windows. Interior altered 1841: 2-3 cells
(barrel-vaulted) opening off central corridor on both
floors.
Prison for debtors as well as criminals. Became
prison for females when new Jail was built. Legalised
1848. Improved 1871. Now disused.
B group.
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