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# Roundhouse or lock-up, Northamptonshire
The Roundhouse or lock-up is a Grade II listed structure located in Northamptonshire, England. This circular stone building served as a parish lock-up or roundhouse, a type of holding cell commonly constructed in English villages and market towns during the 18th and 19th centuries to detain offenders temporarily before trial or transfer to county gaols. The building's distinctive cylindrical form was designed to minimise hiding places and facilitate supervision of detainees. As a modest but functional example of Georgian or Victorian civic architecture, it represents the development of localised law enforcement infrastructure in rural England during this period.
Roundhouse or lock-up is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002899. View the official record →
# Roundhouse or lock-up, Northamptonshire The Roundhouse or lock-up is a Grade II listed structure located in Northamptonshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002899.
Roundhouse or lock-up is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1002899.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Little Weldon Roman villa (0.3 km), Kirby Hall: an Elizabethan country house and gardens, including the remains of the medieval village of Kirby (2.9 km), Market cross 8m west of the Market House (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roundhouse or lock-up's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Roundhouse or lock-up stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.