Reading Gaol

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Reading Gaol is a former British prison in Reading, England, best known for incarcerating Oscar Wilde and inspiring his work "The Ballad of Reading Gaol."

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Reading Gaol canonical 9
Reading Prison 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf building ⓘ
former prison ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
alsoKnownAs HM Prison Reading ⓘ
Reading Prison ⓘ
linked to: Reading Gaol
architecturalStyle Victorian ⓘ
architecturalType radial prison ⓘ
basedOnDesign Pentonville Prison model ⓘ
city Reading ⓘ
closed 2013 ⓘ
constructionCompleted 1844 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalRole site of contemporary art installations ⓘ
designedFor separate system of confinement ⓘ
function adult male prison ⓘ
young offenders institution ⓘ
hasCellBlocks radial wings around central hub ⓘ
heritageStatus Grade II listed building ⓘ
historicalUse county gaol ⓘ
place of execution ⓘ
imprisoned Oscar Wilde ⓘ
imprisonmentEnd 1897 ⓘ
imprisonmentStart 1895 ⓘ
inspiredAuthor Oscar Wilde ⓘ
inspiredWork The Ballad of Reading Gaol ⓘ
literarySignificance associated with Oscar Wilde ⓘ
locatedIn Berkshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
Reading ⓘ
Reading town centre ⓘ
Thames Valley ⓘ
locatedNear Reading Abbey ⓘ
linked to: Reading Abbey ruins

River Kennet ⓘ
The Oracle shopping centre ⓘ
nearbyStructure Reading Abbey ruins ⓘ
notableEvent Artangel exhibition featuring works about Oscar Wilde ⓘ
notableInmate Oscar Wilde ⓘ
opened 1844 ⓘ
operatedBy Her Majesty's Prison Service ⓘ
originalName Reading County Gaol ⓘ
ownedBy Ministry of Justice (UK) ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Justice
postClosureUse arts venue for temporary exhibitions ⓘ
region South East England ⓘ
securityClassification Category B prison ⓘ
Category C prison ⓘ
local prison ⓘ
status decommissioned ⓘ
not in use as a prison ⓘ
subjectOf The Ballad of Reading Gaol ⓘ
usedFor military detention during wartime ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oscar Wilde → residence → Reading Gaol ⓘ
Oscar Wilde → imprisonedAt → Reading Gaol ⓘ
Reading Abbey ruins → near → Reading Gaol ⓘ
De Profundis → placeOfWriting → Reading Gaol ⓘ
The Ballad of Reading Gaol → setting → Reading Gaol ⓘ
Reading Gaol → alsoKnownAs → Reading Prison ⓘ
linked to: Reading Gaol
Reading County Gaol → alsoKnownAs → Reading Gaol ⓘ
HM Prison Reading → alsoKnownAs → Reading Gaol ⓘ