 The old Berrima Gaol was built in 1835-9 of local sandstone at a cost of £5,400.Convicted London joiner and carpenter James Gough (1790-1876) who arrived on the Earl Spencer in 1813 and gained his conditional pardon in 1821, was awarded the construction of Berrima Gaol in partnership with John Richards in 1834; much of the construction work was done by convicts in irons.It initially comprised 34 cells accommodating 66 prisoners.