Category 1 historic place

Napier Prison (Former)

55-57 Coote Road, Napier · Napier City

Napier Prison (Former), Napier
Photo: Blyss Wagstaff, 2020, © Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga

Napier Prison (Former) is a Category 1 historic place on the New Zealand Heritage List / Rārangi Kōrero, entered on 1 September 1983.

List entry
Historic Place Category 1
List number
181
Entered on the list
1 September 1983
Status
Listed
Architects and builders
William Miller (Builder); Mr A. Bryson (Builder); F. Gordon Wilson (Architect); Fergus Sheppard (Architect)
Used as
Garden - public, Historic Property, Wall/Fence, Graves, Urupā
Formerly
Backpackers/ Youth Hostel, Wall/Fence, Psychiatric hospital/Mental institute/Asylum, Market Garden, Gaol/Lock-up, Place of Execution, Prison, Reformatory/Remand Home, Staff Accommodation, Lighthouse
Also known as
Napier Prison; Napier Gaol (Former); Napier Jail (Former); Napier Prison Wall
Public access
Able to Visit
Council
Napier City Council
Region
Hawke's Bay

Later work

Other 1890 · Damaged 1931 · Maintenance/repairs 1931–1932 · Reconstruction 1931–1932 · Demolished - Other 1948

The property

Photos