Penitentiary Chapel
Also known as Hobart Convict Penitentiary
1833
Colonial
prison
Commissioned in 1829, Archer's cruciform chapel was designed to double as overflow accommodation for the adjacent Campbell Street Gaol, with arms enclosing exercise yards that held 500 prisoners on bench seating. Beneath the chapel floor…
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- 1833
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