development

development
In 1802 the gaol had four cells for felons and nine rooms for debtors. Joseph Turner was asked to enlarge the building. However, old and unwell he was unable to oversee the work and problems arose:

Illustration showing 1803 and 1805 extensions fronting Clwyd Street.
"[The] - inside bricks are soft - stonework not well put together... not having put in a person of sufficient experience... to see the work done properly... progress appears to have been imposed by the bricklayer and limestone mason... Thru some neglect... [a] considerable part of those unfurnished buildings have been insufficiently inspected... - last winter the brick lining of some of the rooms fell in."
The gaol was enlarged again in 1812 to accommodate separate cells, day rooms, female felon and debtors' exercise yards, and three "penitentiary cells" for prisoners. In 1824-1825 the female accommodation was extended and six solitary cells built. More cells were built in 1837. The prison could now hold up to 58 inmates.