The gateway to the former house of correction is a Grade II listed structure, achieving the status on 7 August 1952.
The House of Correction was built in 1808 near the site of an earlier C17th House of Correction. This resulted from the appointment of Rev. J. T. Becher as visiting magistrate in 1806. He adopted the humane rules urged by John Howard, the prison reformer. The architect, Richad Ingleman, designed the building around three prison wings with a Govenor's House in the centre. The entrance lodge, the boundary wall and part of an old prison wing remain to this day. The House of Correction closed in 1880. The site was then occupied by Carey's lace factory and in recent years by the haulier, W. A. Rainbow & Sons.
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THE CACHE
Look at the plaque on the side of the building. The second date from the top is ABCD.
The cache can be found at:
N 53 04. (A+B) D D
W 000 57. A (B-A) (A+B-C-D)
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