| Everton Lock-Up | |
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| Alternative names | Prince Rupert's Tower Prince Rupert's Castle The Roundhouse The Hut Stewbum's Palace |
| General information | |
| Location | Everton |
| Address | Brow Side Gardens, Liverpool, L3 |
| Coordinates | 53°25′2.64″N 2°58′11.66″W / 53.4174000°N 2.9699056°W |
| Inaugurated | 1787 |
| Renovated | 1997 |
| Renovation cost | £15,000 |
| Owner | Liverpool City Council |
| Dimensions | |
| Diameter | 8m |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 1 |
| References | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | Former Lock Up[1] |
| Designated | 14 March 1975[1] |
| Reference no. | 1062539 |
Everton Lock-Up, sometimes referenced by one of its nicknames such as Prince Rupert's Tower or Prince Rupert's Castle, is a village lock-up located on Everton Brow in Everton, Liverpool. The 18th-century structure is one of two Georgian lock-ups that still survive in Liverpool; the other is in Wavertree. It is famous for being the centre-piece of the crest of Everton F.C.[2][3]
The Grade II-listed building, which was opened in 1787, was originally an overnight holding place where local drunks and criminals were taken by parish constables. Prisoners would then be brought before local Justice of the peace for trial. Punishments would usually be similar to community service such as clearing ditches, unblocking drains or removing rubbish.
The Friends of Everton Park have included the lock-up in their Everton Park Heritage Trail with information boards displayed near the building.
It is sometimes called Prince Rupert's Tower, though it was in fact erected 143 years after Prince Rupert's Royalist Army camped in the area during the English Civil War Siege of Liverpool in 1644.[4] It is likely the name arose because Everton Brow was historically where preparations were made to attack the Parliamentarian garrison holding Liverpool Castle. Prince Rupert, as commander of the Royalist cavalry of Charles I is said to have looked down on the fortress and dismissed it with the words: "It is a crow’s nest that any party of schoolboys could take!". It eventually fell after a week of heavy fighting and the loss of 1,500 of his men.[5]
- ^ a b "Former Lock Up". Historic England. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
crestwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Liverpool History Society.
- ^ "The Siege of Liverpool". History of Liverpool. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ Halley, Robert (1872). Lancashire: Its Puritanism and Nonconformity. Tubbs and Brook. p. 225.