1a Mealhouse Brow consists of a single-storey range towards the Market Place and the adjacent basement and lower basement of No. 8 Market Place.
The upper rooms of this part were used for meetings of the town's manorial court leet, and incorporates two small chambers used as lock-ups.
The lower basement incorporates two separate chambers used for confinement until 1790 when a new prison was built.
The dungeon is occasionally open for visits courtesy of the Stockport Heritage Trust.
A fuller streetscape view can be seen on Geograph.
A contribution to The Weekend in Black and White.
lovely contribution to the b&w theme!
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Excellent shot!
ReplyDeleteA place with a former lock up. Quite appealing, oddly.
Fascinating! I love all that ironwork.
ReplyDeleteReally interesting, I will go and check then out- looks good in b&w.Do we know what the June CDP theme day is yet Gerald?
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