Not Needed Any Longer ? ! ..............

..................I'm not so sure! This is The Correction House in Folkingham. I drove past it a lot when I was working but never stopped to have a proper look. - (I have a bit more time these days!). Anyway, a bit more local history in which I find I am becoming increasingly interested.
The House of Correction occupies the site of a medieval castle where once the moat and earthworks where sited. Planned as a local prison, it was originally intended for minor offenders – the idle (regarded as subversive) and the disorderly.
Folkingham had a house of correction by 1611, replaced in 1808 by a new one built inside the castle moat and intended to serve the whole of Kesteven. This was enlarged in 1825 and given this rather impressive new entrance.

In 1878 the prison was closed and the inner buildings converted into ten dwellings, all demolished in 1955. - (I wonder why?) - The grand entrance alone survives. It was designed by Bryan Browning, an original and scholarly Lincolnshire architect also responsible for the Sessions House at Bourne. It is a bold and monumental work, intended to house the turnkey, and the Governor’s horses and carriage. Now it gives entrance only to a moated expanse of grass – a noble piece of architecture in a beautiful and interesting position.
Folkingham is a rather nice village and is getting to be a very popular place in which to live - within easy reach of Sleaford, Grantham and Peterborough and has grown an awful lot in the last few years as have so many places like it.

It's a very sunny morning and rather warmer than yesterday - 58 Deg.F. with little wind - would be nice if it stays like it over the weekend! Fingers crossed!

Enjoy your day.