2007
NY9364 : The House of Correction
taken 17 years ago, near to Hexham, Northumberland, England
The House of Correction
According to the Hexham Local History Society leaflet 'Industrial Area and Tyne Green', this building "is the surviving part of the House of Correction for housing miscreants, established in 1784. The surviving structure with slit windows and strong door was erected c1820 and connected to domestic buildings (now demolished) forming an L-shaped range. The House of Correction was no longer used as such after c1870 and [was] sold in 1876 and converted for housing".
The building is Grade II listed
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