The corregidor's residence or house was located in the Alcázar quarter of Cuenca (Spain) at the beginning of the 16th century, in a house that also served as a prison. However, this location would soon be abandoned because, around 1541, the Lords of the Council agreed to build a new prison because they believed it was critical to the city's good governance. The structure was constructed on Calle de la Correra.

Throughout the 16th century, the names of master masons Sebastián de Amani, Francisco Vélez, Francisco de Calahorra, Juanes de Mendizábal el Mozo (who carved the doorway in 1561) and Martn de Mendizábal el Viejo (who paved the courtyard in 1570) appear in connection with this work. Cebrián de León the Elder, the master carpenter, was also involved in its construction, drawing the building's layout.

This royal prison was demolished in the mid-18th century, and the structure that stands today was built on its site.

José Martn designed a three-story building on the main façade that expands to seven stories on the back façade, separated by cornices. He has chains of mock ashlars at the corners. The openings are harmoniously distributed, though on the left side they had to be brought closer together; their number, five per floor, allows for a clear central axis, which is configured by the façade; on the balcony is the Spanish coat of arms, which bursts through the upper floor up to the window sill. The ornamentation of the openings, as opposed to the flat treatment of the rest, and the greater overhang of the balcony's ironwork, supported by javelins, emphasise the central axis' dominance.

It has a large entrance hall with two pillars from which two staircases begin: one, small and narrow, leads to the cellars, where the prison was located, and the other, more elegant, leads to what used to be the Corregidor's residence.