Prince Rupert's Tower

Prince Rupert's Tower, or The Roundhouse, is an old Bridewell or lock-up that is still located on Everton Brow, in Netherfield Road, Everton, Liverpool. It is used on the crest of Everton F.C.. The tower takes it name from Prince Rupert of the Rhine who stayed in the village a century earlier. It was built in 1787, and was used to incarcerate wrong-doers until they could be hauled before the magistrate the following morning. An early print of Everton Brow by Liverpool artist Herdman in 1800 shows the small round house with a conical roof in the middle of the penfold (cattle enclosure) which had been constructed to incarcerate drunks and deviants for the night. Also going by the nicknames "Stewbum's Palace" or the "Stone Jug" in its day,...