Description:Head turnkey, Mr J. Chidley, and his family outside their home in the North Tower, Stafford Prison. The railings on the left separates the garden from the exercise yard.
The towers were built in the mid-nineteenth century to provide accommodation for the warders and their families, but they would have also afforded some supervision over the grounds. The ornate top layer of brickwork on the walls was loose, designed to collapse should anyone try to climb over.
They were demolished in 1953 when they were found to be unsafe, probably due to the brine pumping works underneath.