The buildings shown in these photos stand on the site of the 'New County Gaol' and are thought to be part of the original.

        Wrights Directory in 1863 made the following observation.

        The County Gaol and House of Correction stands in an airy situation on the north side of the town and was built in 1810 at the cost of £10,000 in lieu of the old gaol which was a thatched, dilapidated building when visited by the benevolent Howard who, on two occasions, found it empty. The present prison is a substantial building of brick and stone, enclosed by a boundary wall, 22 feet in height. The entrance is by a Doric door-way of freestone, with side lodges, appropriated to the residence of the turnkey and other purposes. The prison consists of a central building, of octagonal form, and 49 cells, 7 day rooms, 7 airing courts and other appartments. The hard labour to which the prisoners were formerly subjected was that of the crank-wheel, but a tread-wheel was erected in 1846. The county being the smallest in the Kingdom, the prisoners are but few in number, and executions on the drop are happily very rare occurrences.

        The Rev Timothy Byers is Chaplain, Mr Thomas Garton, Governor, Mrs Harriett Garton, Matron, Sophia Tuckwood, Deputy Matron, W T Heal Esq, Surgeon, William Rudkin and William Taylor, Warders.
White's Directory 1863 Oakham