House of Correction is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 May 1973. House of correction.
House of Correction
- WRENN ID
- stony-ember-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 May 1973
- Type
- House of correction
- Address
- House of Correction, Chareway Lane, Hexham
- OS grid reference
- NY 932 646
- Coordinates
- 54.97635, -2.10668
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The House of Correction, built around 1820 as an addition to a now-demolished earlier structure, is a two-storey building made of large dressed stone with a nipped slate roof and a stone chimney. The south side of the building features a blank wall, while the north elevation includes several slit windows: three on the first floor, and one along with a triple slit window on the ground floor. All windows are secured with barbed iron bars.
Inside, there is a stair hall, a groined chamber supported by two piers that includes a fireplace, and an upper room. Much of the original cell furniture remains, including cast-iron doors with complex locking devices and shackle rings. The building was reportedly sold in 1876.
Local climate
House of Correction receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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