Blue plaque № 10217

Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

House of Correction was built in 1808 near the site of an earlier 17th century 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, Richard Ingleman, designed

the building around three prison wings with a Governor'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

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