Aldershot military prison

The Aldershot Glasshouse in 1908
Troops rioting on the roof of the 'Glasshouse' in February 1946

Aldershot military prison, known as the Glasshouse on account of its glazed roof, was the military prison in Aldershot in Hampshire from 1870 until it was burned down during riots in February 1946 and was finally demolished in 1958.[1]

  1. ^ 'The Glass House Goes' - The Spectator, 4 April 1947 pg 10