Inveraray Jail | |
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Location | Church Square, Inveraray |
Coordinates | 56°13′48″N 5°04′20″W / 56.2299°N 5.0723°W |
Built | 1820 |
Architect | James Gillespie Graham and Robert Reid |
Architectural style(s) | Neoclassical style |
Listed Building – Category A | |
Official name | Former Inveraray Court House, Crown Point, Inveraray |
Designated | 28 February 1966 |
Reference no. | LB35030 |
Listed Building – Category B | |
Official name | Old Jail, Crown Point, Inveraray |
Designated | 4 August 1966 |
Reference no. | LB35034 |
Listed Building – Category C(S) | |
Official name | New Jail, Crown Point, Inveraray |
Designated | 4 August 1966 |
Reference no. | LB35033 |
Inveraray Jail is a former prison and courthouse in Church Square, Inveraray, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was built in 1820 and is a Category A listed building. The prison closed in 1889 but the building remained in use as a courthouse until the mid-twentieth century, in which time it was also used for some meetings of Argyll County Council. Since 1989 it has been a museum.[1]