On the ground floor, there is a guardroom protected by a portcullis. The two-storey tower in the middle of the fort housed a guardroom and storehouse. By this time, Thayer's aide had arrived in the North Barracks' guardroom. In 1840 a new guardroom was built outside the moat. A guardroom scene typically depicts an interior scene with officers and soldiers engaged in merrymaking. Teniers painted several guardroom scenes or "corps de garde". On either side of the passage was a vaulted guardroom. In 1961, the SAC reformed at Netherthorpe operating out of the former clubhouse/RAF guardroom. Structurally it is similar to the guardroom. His father was the superintendent of a guardroom. This included a guardroom and prison ward for 28 army prisoners. This is semi-ruinous above ground level, but a guardroom and prison can be seen within. On the south side is an extension with a guardroom and a chapel. By 1867 the state converted a guardroom into hundreds of prison cells. Van Craesbeeck also painted "", which falls within the genre of the guardroom scene.