[2] A single-storey lodge from the early 19th century stands at the roadside entrance to the grounds of the house.

The lodge, together with gate piers and wrought iron railings of similar date, is Grade II listed.

[3][4] The site was first used by the Prison Commission in 1960 as a detention centre, and many buildings were added in the grounds of Erlestoke House.

[5] In 1998, it was reported that thieves had broken into Erlestoke Prison and stolen £3000 worth of gardening tools from a shed.

The two escapees then stole a car from a nearby farm, but then crashed it, and were subsequently recaptured by the police.

[10] In 2005, an employment tribunal awarded nearly £400,000 damages to a white prison officer of South African descent for "enduring years of racial abuse" in connection with black prisoners targeting him for his clearly identifiable accent.

[13] Alexander Blackman, often referred to as "Marine A", was held at HMP Erlestoke, having been charged with murdering an injured Taliban insurgent in the 2011 Helmand Province incident.