Foston Hall (HM Prison)

Foston Hall (HM Prison)

Infobox HM Prison
name = HMP Foston Hall


size =
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opened =
type = Adult Female/Young Offenders
figures = 290 (January 2007)
location = Foston, Derbyshire
governor = Greg Riley-Smith
prisonid = 377

Foston Hall is a 19th century country house now in use as HM Prison and Young Offenders Institute for Women at Foston , Derbyshire. It is a Grade II listed building.

The Manor of Foston and Scropton was owned by the Agard family from the 14th to the 17th century. It was acquired by John Bate in 1679. Richard Bate was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1705."The History and Gazetteer of the County of Derby" Vol 1 (1831) Stephen Glover. Appendix p 12 Queen Anne. Google Books] Brownlow Bate sold the estate to John Broadhurst in 1784. The manor house was destroyed by fire in 1836.

The present house was built, in a Jacobethan style, to a design by architect TC Hine, in 1863. It's main two storey front has eight bays and an offcentre three storey tower.

The house was sold to the Prison Service in 1953.

References

* [http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=82677&resourceID=5 English Heritage: architectural description of listed building]
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/result.aspx?compid=50735&strquery=scropton "Magna Britannica" Vol 5 Scropton Derbyshire.(1817) p 264-275 from British History Online]


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